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Some Kinship Terms


1
shtukda~shtutda
my father


2
shunkda~shuntda
my mother

3a
shcheyatda
my grandfather

3b
shchada'a
my grandfather

4
shchikda~shchidta
my grandmother

5a
unqeghyeh shcheyatda
my great-grandfather

5b
Q'et'q'u shcheyatda ghilan.
He was my great-grandfather back then.

6a
unqeghyeh shchikda
my great-grandmother

6b
Q'et'q'u shchikda ghilan.
She was my great-grandmother back then.

7a
sh'u
my wife

7b
sh'utda
my dear wife

8
shqen
my husband

9a
shgguya
my child (lit. 'my little one')

9b
shq'ayna
my children

10
stsa'(a)
my daughter

11
shey'a
my son

12a
shingha
my older brother

12b
sh'ala'(a)
my older brother

13
shkela
my younger brother

14a
sh'udla'a
my older sister

14b
udla
my older sister (voc.)

15
shdaja
my younger sister

16
vach'ala
his/her aunt

17
sez'a
my uncle (father's brother)

18
qichi
old lady

19
Qichi nlan.
She's an old lady.

20
en'ushen
(old) man

21
En'ushen gheli ezdlan.
He became a very old man.

22
deghk'isen
(young) woman

23
kił
young man

24
Kił gheli nlan shu q'u.
He's a young man.

25a
kił gga
boy

25b
kił gguya
boy

26
deghk'isen gguya
girl

27
deghk'isna gguya
girls