kuzino

Esperanto

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French cousin, cousine, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin consobrinus. Reanalysed as kuzo (“(male) cousin”) +‎ -ino (“female”).

Pronunciation

• • IPA^(key): [kuˈzino]

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  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: ku‧zi‧no

Noun

kuzino (accusative singular kuzinon, plural kuzinoj, accusative plural kuzinojn)

1. cousin (female)
   • 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, chapter 4.

     Andreo timis insulti sian kuzinon.

     Andreo was afraid to insult his cousin.

Usage notes

Unlike English, the Esperanto terms for "cousin" are gendered. kuzino means a female cousin, whereas kuzo traditionally means a male cousin, although it is losing this maleness from the influence of gender-neutral usage by English-speaking Esperantists.

To avoid misunderstandings when referring to a cousin irrespective of gender, some use the prefix ge- and say gekuzo.

Hypernyms

• gekuzo (“cousin”)

Coordinate terms

• kuzo (“cousin”) (male or of unspesified sex)

Derived terms

• prakuzino

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Etymology

From Esperanto, from French cousin, cousine, from Latin consobrinus, kuzo +‎ -ino.

Noun

kuzino (plural kuzini)

1. (female) cousin

Hypernyms

• kuzo

Coordinate terms

• kuzulo

Derived terms

• kuzino primara
• kuzino sekundara