[Lexicog] Words for "cousin"

[Jan Ullrich]

The Lakota language has four terms for cross cousins

man's female cross cousin = hankashi
man's male cross cousin = thanhanshi
woman's female cross cousin = scephanshi
Woman's male cross cousin = shic'eshi

The terms for parallel cousins are identical with the terms for siblings:

Man's older brother = chiye
Man's older sister = thanke
Man's younger sister = thankshi
Woman's older brother = thiblo
Woman's older sister = chuwe
Woman's younger sister = mithankala
Men's or woman's younger brother = misunkala

Jan

Jan Ullrich
Lakota Language Consortium
www.lakhota.org



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> Od: doug_trick at sil.org
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> Datum: 21.11.2006 02:11
> Předmět: [Lexicog] Words for "cousin"
>
>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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