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MorphemeAddict@hidden.email wrote: > > How about another set of kinship morphemes, e.g.: > > qi = sister (zi) OR brother's wife (zukin) > qu = brother (zu) OR sister's husband (zikun) > (qa could be either possibility without specifying which) > > Then 'aunt' would be 'jaqi', 'uncle' would be 'jaqu'. > 'Sister-in-law' would be 'kanqi' and 'brother-in-law' would be 'kanqu'. > > Steven > This will do the trick, but I'm not sure that it's a good idea since the only languages that have an equivalent (that I know of) are European. I need to give this more thought. Any advice or comments are welcome. In any case, if I do implement it, I will probably use 'f' instead of 'q'. Thus, for example, "jafikaw" = 'aunt' = parent's sister or parent's brother's wife. Regards, Rick Morneau http://www.eskimo.com/~ram