[Possible Spam]: [Lexicog] Words for "cousin"

[Justice, Alexander]

Gaelic, colloquially, uses the Gaelic equivalents of the terms you listed... as well as a generic term.
  

DANN GEHT DAS LEBEN WEITER, UND NEUE MENSCHEN KOMMEN HINZU:

		
co-ògha (mf)	 der Vetter (allgemein)	
mac-brathair-athar (m)	 (Sohn des Bruders des Vaters) Kousin ersten Grades	
mac-brathair-mathar (m)	 (Sohn des Bruders der Mutter) Kousin ersten Grades	
nighean-brathair-athar (m)	 (Schwester des Bruders des Vaters) Kousine ersten Grades	
nighean-brathair-mathar (m)	 (Schwester des Bruders der Mutter) Kousine ersten Grades	

 

Alexander Justice

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ajustice at lmu.edu



 


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	The English word "cousin" refers to the offspring of a 
	parent's sibling. Since the offspring is either male or 
	female, a parent is either male or female, and the parent's 
	sibling is either male or female, there are (at least) 8 
	potential combinations:
	- male offspring of father's brother
	- female offspring of father's brother
	- male offspring of father's sister
	- female offspring of father's sister
	- male offspring of mother's brother
	- female offspring of mother's brother
	- male offspring of mother's sister
	- female offspring of mother's sister
	
	I recently read somewhere that Farsi has 8 distinct forms, 
	corresponding to the above. Can anyone confirm whether or 
	not this is true? Or, can anyone confirm whether any other 
	language has 8 distinct forms? Or even 4 different forms?
	
	Doug Trick, SIL Philippines
	

	 

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