kuzino

From French cousin, cousine, from Latin consobrinus. Reanalysed as kuzo (“(male) cousin”) +‎ -ino (“female”).

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• IPA^(key): /kuzˈino/
• Hyphenation: kuz‧i‧no
• Rhymes: -ino

kuzino (accusative singular kuzinon, plural kuzinoj, accusative plural kuzinojn)

1. female cousin
   • 1907, Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, chapter 4.

     Andreo timis insulti sian kuzinon.

     Andreo was afraid to insult his cousin.

Unlike English, the Esperanto terms for "cousin" are gendered. kuzino means a female cousin, whereas kuzo traditionally means a male cousin, although it is losing this maleness from the influence of gender-neutral usage by English-speaking Esperantists.

To avoid misunderstandings when referring to a cousin irrespective of gender, some use the prefix ge- and say gekuzo.

• gekuzo (“cousin”)

• kuzo (“(male) cousin”)

• prakuzino

From Esperanto, from French cousin, cousine, from Latin consobrinus, kuzo +‎ -ino.

kuzino (plural kuzini)

1. (female) cousin

• kuzo

• kuzulo

• kuzino primara
• kuzino sekundara