Re: Words for family groups

On Thu, 20 May 1999, FFlores wrote:

>    "A is the father of B"
>    "B is the son of A"
> =3D=3D> "A and B are *X"
> I'd like to know if this sounds likely and natural
> (if some natlang has it, preferably).
It's not quite the same I know, but Old Norse had the word 'fe=F0gar'
for a man and his son as a team. Like other similar terms, it could be
used in apposition to a name: 'L=E9ifr fe=F0gar' means 'Leif and his
father.'

Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour NOT marke=
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