[Lexicog] Words for "cousin"

[Sally Keller]

It is most common to have one more word at the beginning each of these Khmer
phrases refering to cousins. That is either "bààng" (older sibling/cousin)
or "pqoun" (younger sibling/cousin). With cousins, as with siblings, aunts,
uncles, etc., the relative age is the most important thing to specify in
Khmer.

Sally


on 11/27/06 7:01 PM, Chaz Mortensen at chaz_mortensen at sil.org wrote:

> No, I don't know of any others that do this, but what a great system!
> 
> -Chaz
> 
> On Nov 27, 2006, at 1:45 AM, Stephen Hollister wrote:
> 
>> This does not answer your question, which I see has been answered
>> already, but I have always liked the Khmer word for cousin, ciidoun
>> muoy (one grandmother).  This word makes reference to the fact that
>> cousins have one grandmother in common.  Similarly, the word for
>> second cousin is ciiduot muoy (one great-grandmother) and the word for
>> third cousin is ciiluot muoy (one great-great-grandmother). 
>> 
>> Does anyone know of other languages that use this pattern?
>> 
>> Stephen



 
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