Re: kinship terms (Henaudute)

Fabian wrote:

Eviendadhail has no word for this, and they would find it strange to
think that one would be related to such a person.  After all, male
relation is through male relatives, and female through female.  That is,
a man is related to his father, his mother, his father's siblings, and
his father's brother's children.  He is not related to his mother's
siblings, or his father's sister's children.  With women, the genders
are all reversed.  Any relative besides a parent or any
(great)-grandparent, or child or any (great)grandchildren is just called
"Félau", "kinsperson".  Sometimes siblings are called brother (felen) or
sister (fela), and sometimes just félau.  If necessary to describe the
exact relationship, a prase such as father's son (half-brother) or
father's brother's son's son (either great-nephew or first cousin once
romoved, I'm not sure which) is used.
-M

>
> Now, I ask again. What does your *conlang* say the word for "mother's
> cousin's husband's sister" is?
>
> --
> Fabian
> Teach a man what to think, and he'll think as long as you watch him. Teach
> a man how to think, and he'll think you're playing mind games.

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