kuzino

Esperanto

Etymology

From French cousin, cousine, from 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, chapter 4, in Kastelo de Prelongo:

     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 unspecified sex)

Derived terms

• prakuzino

Ido

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