Genderific

Male Genderifics
The Eben genderific is a surname that indicatse gender of the person bearing the name. The genderific is composed of the name of the father of the Eben person, with the addition of "Pin" to indicate a female and "Pen" to indicate a male.

For example, the name Achael HofPin indicates that the person named Achael is the "Daugther of Hof". Another example, Khlam HofPen, indicates that Khlam is the "Son of Hof".

It is never acceptable to simply use the fathers name, for example, Achael Hof or Khlam Hof would never be used.

It is never acceptable to take on the surname of the father, either. In the above two examples, the surname of HofPin or HofPen, refers to the Eben scientist named Hof ObooPen (which means Hof, son of Oboo). The children of Hof would never be called Achael ObooPin or Achael ObooPen.

Using a male genderific for a female child or vice versa, is never acceptable either.

Female Genderifics
A female genderific is used to create a name while giving respect to the names antecedent. That is, when an Eben child is named after the child's mother, the female genderific is used to indicate that they are named after their mother.

The additions of "Ala" and "Ulu" to an Eben first name, are Female genderifics. The genderific "Ala" means "Daughter of" and the genderific "Ulu" means "Son of".

For example, the aforementioned Hof ObooPin is married to Falla ObooPen (women take on their husbands patronymic surnames when married, that may seem confusing to look at but it is not confusing in practice. An Eben woman with a patronymic surname is recognized as beeing a married woman).

As an example, if they had a daughter and wanted to name her after her mother, the daughter would be named FallAla HofPin. If they had a son and wanted to name him after his father, he would be HofUlu HofPin. Needless to say, male Eben children are rarely names after their fathers.

Here are some more examples:

Greff KamPen is the son of Kam. His father Kam, is Kam ObooPen, son of Oboo.

Achael HofPin is the daughter of Hof. Her father is Hof ObooPen, son of Oboo.

Kam and Hof are brothers. Their father's name is Oboo WataPen.