Elw language/Kinship terms

Elw has a complicated system of kinship terms depending on relationship:

The core family

Parents

• parent: anmajurqaar, pl. anmajurqaar
• father: ada, pl. adah
• mother: ana, pl. anah
• foster or adopted father: anmudycar, pl. anmudycah
• foster or adopted mother: arnarcar, pl. arnacah
• step-father: adaadazar, pl. adaadazah
• step-mother: anaanazar, pl. anaanazah

Siblings

• sibling: qadamnuh
• step sibling: qadamnudyzar
• foster or adopted sibling: qadamnudycar
• siblings (of both genders): qadamnudyrih
• siblings (of one gender): nugarih
• sister: qadamnuh arnar
• brother: qadamnuh amnuh
• stepbrother: qadamnudyzar anmuh
• stepsister: qadamnudyzar arnar
• foster or adopted brother: qadamnudycar anmuh
• foster or adopted sister: qadamnudycar arnar

Children

• son
• daughter
• stepson
• stepdaughter
• foster or adopted son
• foster or adopted daughter

Parents' family

Father's family

• father's father
• father's mother
• father's brother
• father's sister: acaq
• father's sibling's wife: ugaar
• father's sibling's husband
• father's brother's son
• father's sister's son
• father's brother's daughter
• father's sister's daughter

Mother's family

• mother's father
• mother's mother
• mother's brother
• mother's sister: ajaq
• mother's sibling's wife: ugaar
• mother's sibling's husband

Children's family

• son's son
• son's daughter
• daughter's son
• daughter's daughter
• child's wife
• child's husband
• son's stepson, adopted or foster son
• son's stepdaughter, adopted or foster daughter:
• son's son's son:
• son's son's daughter:
• son's daughter's son:
• son's daughter's daughter:
• son's stepson, adopted or foster son
• son's stepdaughter, adopted or foster daughter:
• daughter's son's son:
• daughter's son's daughter:
• daughter's daughter's son:
• daughter's daughter's daughter: