bestengusu
Appearance
Basque
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From beste (“other”) + lehengusu (“male cousin”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bestengusu inan
- (rare) male second cousin
- Synonyms: lehengusu txiki, izter-lehengusu, bigarren lehengusu
- Coordinate term: bestengusina (“female second cousin”)
- c. 1808, Juan Bautista Aguirre, Eracusaldiac [Lessons][1], 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
[edit]Declension of bestengusu (animate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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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 | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- “bestengusu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “bestengusu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005