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| kre | father |
|---|---|
| mel | mother |
| gelu | brother |
| ninnu | sister |
| pir | son |
| sessu | daughter |
| tlidu | grandfather |
| ima | grandmother |
| elpir | grandson |
| elstru | granddaughter |
| gangde | uncle |
| ende | aunt |
| apir | nephew |
| astru | niece |
| grona | husband |
| slanu | wife |
Gangde and ende only refer to siblings of parents. Uncles and aunts by marriage are considered in-laws. (See below.)
There are four adjectives which can be used to refine common kinship terms.
| krefti | paternal |
|---|---|
| melafti | maternal |
| splufti | relating to birth family |
| tikefti | relating to spouse's family |
So one's spouse's father's brother would be gangde krefte tikefte.
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".
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.
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.