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Láadan
Etymology
From héena (“heart sibling”) + -hal (“”).
Adjective
héenahal
- devoted to another as a heart sibling (héena, q.v.). See also: hena, héenahizh, and héenahid.
1984, Suzette Haden Elgin, Native Tongue, →ISBN, page 294:"Do you notice," Caroline asked, "do you notice how close they are, to one another?"
"The little girls?"
"Of course, the little girls! Even the older ones, who are just able to use Láadan enough to make the tiny ones laugh at them... they are..."
She stopped, because there was no word for it in any language she knew, and she wanted to use the right word.
"Oh," she said. "I know... they are héenahal." And she sighed. "Such a relief, to have a language with the right words in it!"