Wives were proclaimed with their own clan names, as well.

"What the hell kind of a clan name is that?"

A granddaughter was useless to him, since I could not carry on the clan name.

She had let them down, when she'd wanted very much to prove herself worthy of her clan name.

This also happens to be one of the ways in which the clan names are preserved.

We usually take our clan names from the maternal side, and a husband comes to his wife's family.

Though there are lobby groups against the law, most single men and women just avoid lovers with the same clan name.

A particular Töl therefore, was known by his clan name.

Their clan names come into existence only when they came out of a cave.

They had even lost their place in the clan name.