kusin

See also: kušin

Finnish

Noun

kusin

1. instructive plural of kusi

Verb

kusin

1. first-person singular past indicative of kusta

Anagrams

• iskun, kisun, sukin, uksin

Swedish

Swedish kinship terms

Etymology

From French cousin, from Latin consobrinus. Caused a semantic shift in the words syssling and brylling, formally meaning ”cousin” (on mother’s and father’s side, respectively), to their modern meanings second cousin and third cousin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɵˈsiːn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

kusin c

1. a cousin (the child of a person's aunt or uncle)

Usage notes

Swedish prefers släkting (“relative”) for cousin in the more general sense of a (distant) relative.

Declension

Declension of kusin

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	kusin	kusins
	definite	kusinen	kusinens
plural	indefinite	kusiner	kusiners
	definite	kusinerna	kusinernas

Derived terms

• halvkusin
• kusingifte

References

• “kusin”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “I släkten flödar den språkliga kreativiteten”, in Språkbruk‎^[1], Institute for the Languages of Finland, 2018

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cosin — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cojín (“cushion”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈsin/ [k̠ʊˈsɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: ku‧sin

Noun

kusín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. cushion (for kneeling on at the church)

   Synonyms: luhuran, kutson, unan

2. cushion made of velvet or silk which native ladies would sit on

   Synonym: kutson

Derived terms

• magkusin

Related terms

• kohinete

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 46: “Almohada) Coſin (pc) C. que vſan ya eſtas en la Igleſia”
  • page 166: “Cojin) Coſin (pc) C. de terciopelo o ſeda en q̃ ya las damas de la tierra ſe ſientã”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016), Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 319

Anagrams

• unsik, kunsi