Lesson #7: Kinships: view article

Grade 2: nhenhe (sibling) → nheujo (brother) and nhebats (sister); jai (grandparent) → nonvosaora (parental grandfather, father's father), moi (parental grandmother, father's mother), ghriai (maternal grandfather, mother's father) and xary (maternal grandmother, mother's father); poi (grandchild) → krijiai (grandson) and lenai (granddaughter)

Grade 3: mittiu (pibling) → tju (paternal uncle, father's brother), aija (paternal aunt, father's sister), djeva (maternal uncle, mother's brother) and jei (maternal aunt, mother's sister); surha (nibling) → jojos (nephew) and nohena (niece); syfjai (great-grandparent) → syfjaiujo (great-grandfather) and syfjaibats (great-grandmother); syfpoi (great-grandchild) → syfkrijiai (great-grandson) and syflenai (great-granddaughter)

Grade 4: krireyn (cousin) → kritt (male cousin) and ihlen (female cousin)

(Great-piblings, grand-nibling, first cousin once removed... are created with “sibling of...”, “child of...”, “cousin of...”)

(Great-great-grand[something] and successive kinships are made by adding syf- suffixes.)

Janvar (Affinity):

Grade 0: ader (husband) and arar (wife)

Grade 1: somavar (parent-in-law) → ilaiketvar (father-in-law) and tuhnaketvar (mother-in-law); tsysarhvar (child-in-law) → xarhvar (son-in-law) and minnyvar (daughter-in-law)

Grade 2: nhenhevar (sibling-in-law) → nheujovar (brother-in-law) and nhebatsvar (sister-in-law)

(Every other relative is made by adding the suffix -var, meaning “-in-law”.)

Finally, in terms of siblings, they are often counted in Tihrkian culture as first, second..., not as younger sibling or older sibling. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article

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