kusin

See also: kušin

Finnish

Noun

kusin

1. instructive plural of kusi

Verb

kusin

1. first-person singular past indicative of kusta

Anagrams

• iskun, kisun, sukin, uksin

Swedish

Etymology

From French cousin, from Latin consobrinus. Caused a semantic shift in the words syssling and brylling, formally meaning ”cousin” (on mother’s and father’s side, respectively), to their modern meanings second cousin and third cousin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɵˈsiːn/

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• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

kusin c

1. a cousin; a son or daughter of a person's aunt or uncle

Declension

Declension of kusin
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	kusin	kusinen	kusiner	kusinerna
Genitive	kusins	kusinens	kusiners	kusinernas

Derived terms

• halvkusin
• kusingifte

References

• kusin in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• “I släkten flödar den språkliga kreativiteten”, in Språkbruk‎^[1], Institute for the Languages of Finland, 2018

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cosin, coſin — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cojín (“cushion”). In Early Modern Spanish, Spanish ⟨j⟩ was pronounced /ʃ/; /ʃ/ became /s/ as common with other early borrowings (compare sabon, singkamas, sugal, sugarol, saro, and tasa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈsin/, [kʊˈsin]
• Hyphenation: ku‧sin

Noun

kusín (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜐᜒᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. cushion (for kneeling on at the church)

   Synonyms: luhuran, kutson, unan

2. cushion made of velvet or silk which native ladies would sit on

   Synonym: kutson

Derived terms

• magkusin

 

Related terms

• kohinete

 

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 46: “Almohada) Coſin (pc) C. que vſan ya eſtas en la Igleſia”
  • page 166: “Cojin) Coſin (pc) C. de terciopelo o ſeda en q̃ ya las damas de la tierra ſe ſientã”
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 319