bestengusu

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Basque

FWOTD – 9 July 2024

Alternative forms

Etymology

From beste (“other”) +‎ lehengusu (“male cousin”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bes̺tenɡus̺u/
  • Rhymes: -us̺u
  • Hyphenation: bes‧ten‧gu‧su

Noun

bestengusu inan

  1. (rare) male second cousin
    Synonyms: lehengusu txiki, izter-lehengusu, bigarren lehengusu
    Coordinate term: bestengusina (“female second cousin”)
    • c. 1808, Juan Bautista Aguirre, Eracusaldiac [Lessons]‎, Tolosa, published 1850, page 560:
      Aidetasun au iristen da laugarren mallaraño, eta emendic eciñ ezcondu ditezque elcarrequin senideac, lengusu, bestengusu, eta erengusuac.
      [Aidetasun au iristen da laugarren mallaraño, eta emendik eziñ ezkondu ditezke elkarrekin senideak, lengusu, bestengusu eta erengusuak.]
      This kinship reaches the fourth level, and thus siblings, cousins, second cousins and third cousins cannot marry each other.

Declension

Declension of bestengusu (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive bestengusu bestengusua bestengusuak
ergative bestengusuk bestengusuak bestengusuek
dative bestengusuri bestengusuari bestengusuei
genitive bestengusuren bestengusuaren bestengusuen
comitative bestengusurekin bestengusuarekin bestengusuekin
causative bestengusurengatik bestengusuarengatik bestengusuengatik
benefactive bestengusurentzat bestengusuarentzat bestengusuentzat
instrumental bestengusuz bestengusuaz bestengusuez
inessive bestengusurengan bestengusuarengan bestengusuengan
locative — — —
allative bestengusurengana bestengusuarengana bestengusuengana
terminative bestengusurenganaino bestengusuarenganaino bestengusuenganaino
directive bestengusurenganantz bestengusuarenganantz bestengusuenganantz
destinative bestengusurenganako bestengusuarenganako bestengusuenganako
ablative bestengusurengandik bestengusuarengandik bestengusuengandik
partitive bestengusurik — —
prolative bestengusutzat — —

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