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Stennan Kinship Terms


Primitive Terms

krefather
melmother
gelubrother
ninnusister
pirson
sessudaughter
tlidugrandfather
imagrandmother
elpirgrandson
elstrugranddaughter
gangdeuncle
endeaunt
apirnephew
astruniece
gronahusband
slanuwife

Gangde and ende only refer to siblings of parents. Uncles and aunts by marriage are considered in-laws. (See below.)

Modifiers

There are four adjectives which can be used to refine common kinship terms.
kreftipaternal
melaftimaternal
spluftirelating to birth family
tikeftirelating to spouse's family

So one's spouse's father's brother would be gangde krefte tikefte.

Cousins

First cousin is gelu tru, "far brother", or ninnu tru, "far sister". Second cousin is gelu/ninnu tru tribidre, "twice far brother/sister". A first cousin's child is apir/astru tru, "far nephew/niece", and a first cousin's parent is gangde/ende tru, "far uncle/aunt".

In-laws

The relative of a spouse is the relationship relative to the spouse modified with tikefti. So wife's brother would be gelu tikefte. The spouse of a birth family relation is grona or slanu and the birth family relation in the instrumental case (not the genitive case, as you might expect). So sister's husband would be grona ninnund.

Other Derived Terms

A great-grandfather is tlidu hoste, litterally "extra grandfather". Great-great-grandfather is tlidu hoste tribidre, "twice extra grandfather". Similar forms are used for other terms indicated by "great-" in English.

A half-sibling is modified by krefti "paternal", or melafti, "maternal". So a sister who shares a father but not a mother is ninnu krefte.


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