Re: Senyecan kinship system

Hi!

Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...> writes:
>...
> My impression is that conlang kin terms tend to be very analytical,
> with morphemes for mother/father/sister/brother/son/daughter forming
> the basic units and words for cousin/aunt/uncle being transparently
> composed; yours was no exception. ...
Just to give another example of this kind, here is Tyl-Sjok's system.
Very analytical indeed.  I'll give a bit more than kinship terms:

  person         - jyx         [j1X]

Everything vaguely or potentially human usually starts with j- in Tyl-Sjok.

  1p pronoun     - jo          [jV]
  2p             - je          [jE]
  3p             - ja          [ja]

  man            - jan
  woman          - jas

  old person     - jal
  child          - jat
  spouse         - jax

  parent         - jul         [jMl]
  son/daughter   - jut
  brother/sister - jux

Some complex terms:
  mother         - jas jul     [jaSMl]
  young girl     - jas jat
  husband        - jan jax
  me (male)      - jan jo
  grandchild     - jut jut
  grandparent    - jul jul
  grandmother    - jas jul jul
  maternal \
    grandparent  - jul jas jul
  uncle/aunt     - jul jux
  maternal uncle - jas jul jan jux

Then the abstract concept:
  family         - juna

And the following one is purely incidental:
  body           - jun

More j's in one posting anyone?? :-)

**Henrik