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Re: Words for family groups

From:FFlores <fflores@...>
Date:Saturday, May 22, 1999, 15:11
Lars Henrik Mathiesen <thorinn@...> wrote:

> 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" >=20 > > I'd like to know if this sounds likely and natural > > (if some natlang has it, preferably). >=20 > 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.'
I think it's just about what I meant, except maybe for the number: is 'fe=F0gar' a collective (singular) or a plural form? --Pablo Flores