småkusin

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Swedish

Etymology

Compound of små (little) +‎ kusin (cousin).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Sweden) /²smoːkɵˌsiːn/
  • IPA(key): (Finland) /ˈsmoːkʉˌsiːn/

Noun

småkusin c

  1. (Sweden, often in the plural) younger (first) cousin
    • 2012, “Ungdomar om sina förebilder”, in Sydsvenskan:
      Jag har några småkusiner som jag tror ser upp till mig. Det är roligt att själv vara en förebild tycker jag.
      I have some younger cousins who I think look up to me. It’s fun to be a role model myself, I think.
  2. (Finland) second cousin (grandchild of a grandparent’s sibling)
    Synonyms: syssling, tremänning, nästkusin, A-kusin
    • 2007, Jutta Zilliacus, Pianostämmarens dotter:
      Egentligen var hon bara en småkusin, eftersom våra mödrar var kusiner, men det spelade ingen roll.
      Actually, she was just a second cousin, since our mothers were cousins, but it didn’t matter.

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