[Lingtyp] Someone whose father ...

[Volker Gast]

I think Simone was using external possession here :) Perhaps "Someone 
who (has) lost a child"?

I recently learned that in German the adjective 'verwaist' ('orphaned') 
is used in the sense of 'having lost a child'. So "verwaiste Mutter" is 
a mum who lost a child, same for "verwaister Vater". I don't think that 
there is a single word though.

Volker


On 16.02.22 11:36, Adam James Ross Tallman wrote:
> Hey Simone,
>
> My first question is what does "Someone to whom a child has died" 
> mean? (its not a grammatical or obviously interpretable utterance for 
> me). Or are you just looking for languages with equivalents to the 
> words /widower /and /orphan/. Perhaps clarify with a kinship tree :)
>
> best,
>
> Adam
>
> On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:27 AM Raffaele Simone 
> <rsimone at os.uniroma3.it> wrote:
>
>     Dear colleagues,
>
>     words like /widower /and /orphan /imply a complex web of
>     relationships. An orphan is someone whose father or mother has
>     died; a widower is someone whose wife or husband has died.
>
>     Do you know any language in which there are words that mean
>     "someone to whom a child has died", "someone to whom a brother or
>     sister has died" etc.?
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     R Simone
>
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