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Finnish
Noun
kusin
- instructive plural of kusi
Verb
kusin
- first-person singular past indicative of kusta
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Swedish
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
Noun
kusin c
- a cousin; a son or daughter of a person's aunt or uncle
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cojín (“cushion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
kusín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)
- cushion (for kneeling on at the church)
- Synonyms: luhuran, kutson, unan
- cushion made of velvet or silk which native ladies would sit on
- Synonym: kutson
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References
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- 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
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