LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.28 (01) [D/E]

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From: E Zinsser <ezinsser at icon.co.za>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]

Hi all and especially Jenny Kool!

In Afrikaans it's been traditional (but going out of fashion) to use 'swaer'
(female: 'skoonsuster') for anybody who is deemed 'aangetroude familie',
including a sister's husband's brother or a brother's wife's brother.

I personally do not use these forms but for my sisters' husbands (i.e.
brothers-in-law).

Interestingly 'swaer' is nowadays used in many other South African languages
to mean 'bro', or 'dude'.

Regards,
Elsie Zinsser

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From: Dirk Baack <baack at tu-harburg.de>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]

Hoi Lowlanders,

Yesterday I joined a discussion about family relation names. We all know
words like mother, father, brother and sister. There are also words for your
inlaws (brother-in-law) or for other generations (grandma etc.). But how do
we call (in one word) the brother (Hans) of the wife (Marieke) of my brother
(Jan)? So Jan is my brother, Marieke is his wife, so she is my
sister-in-law, but how do we label the relation between me and Hans? We came
up with the name schoonzusterbroer, but that is a non-existing word, isn't
it?

Is there a language in which it is possible to express this kind of
relationship? Who can help me?


Perhaps something like German "Schwippschwager"?

Dirk

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From: Theo Homan <theohoman at yahoo.com>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]

> From: Jenny Kool <J.Kool at ReginaCoeli.nl>
> Subject: Family relation names
>
> Hoi Lowlanders,

> Yesterday I joined a discussion about family relation
> names. We all know
> words like mother, father, brother and sister. There are
> also words for your
> inlaws (brother-in-law) or for other generations (grandma
> etc.). But how do
> we call (in one word) the brother (Hans) of the wife
> (Marieke) of my brother
> (Jan)? So Jan is my brother, Marieke is his wife, so she is
> my
> sister-in-law, but how do we label the relation between me
> and Hans? We came
> up with the name schoonzusterbroer, but that is a
> non-existing word, isn't
> it?
>
> Is there a language in which it is possible to express this
> kind of
> relationship? Who can help me?

> Houdoe,
>
> Jenny

Hi,

Dat was toch altijd:

'aangetrouwde oom cq. neef'?

vr. gr.
Theo Homan

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From: Paul Finlow-Bates <wolf_thunder51 at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2008.08.27 (01) [E]

I can't remember the words now, but I seem to recall that Mandarin Chinese
has a lot of complex relationship terms.  Finnish is another one.



Paul Finlow-Bates

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