[Lexicog] Words for "cousin"

[Chaz Mortensen]

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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