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Re: Words for family groups

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Saturday, May 22, 1999, 1:52
Irina Rempt-Drijfhout <ira@...> wrote:

> Dutch doesn't even have a word for "siblings" (conversely, Valdyan > has only a word for "sibling", not for "brother" or "sister").
Spanish solves it all with genders :) (though it's a patriarchal solution). Drasel=E9q uses a non-grammatical infix for each gender; the plain word is neutral.
>=20 > There should also a word for what your parents are of your > parents-in-law, I think. >=20
In Spanish you have _cu=F1ado/a_ [m/f] "brother/sister-in-law" _nuera_ [f] "daughter-in-law" _yerno_ [m] "son-in-law" _suegro/a_ [m/f] "father/mother-in-law" and the word you were looking for: _consuegro/a_ [m/f] "father/mother of one's child-in-law" BTW how do you say "son or daughter" in a more neutral way in English? Offspring? <ugh!> I might add those specific terms in Drasel=E9q, but I have to think first in terms of culture -- the words will be there when needed for culturally important relationships. I have now the words for parent and child: _toppan_ "father and son" _v=F6sal_ "mother and daughter" _tantan_ "parent and child" _faio_ "mother and child/baby" --Pablo Flores