lankous

Finnish

Etymology

lanko (“brother-in-law”) +‎ -us (“-ship”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lan‧kous
• IPA: [ˈlɑŋkous]

Noun

lankous

1. family relationship between a person and his/her spouse's brother
2. (law) affinity (family relationship through marriage, especially that above)

   1734 Oikeudenkäymiskaari:

   Isä ja poika, appi ja vävy, kaksi veljestä tahi langosta älkööt istuko samassa Oikeudessa, jos siinä ei ole useampaa kuin seitsemän. Älköönkä niitä, jotka keskenänsä ovat nyt sanotussa sukulaisuudessa tai lankoudessa, koskaan istuko useampaa kuin kaksi samassa Oikeudessa.

   Code of Judicial Procedure of 1734:

   A father and son, a father-in-law and son-in-law, two brothers or two brothers-in-law shall not sit in the same Court, if there are not more than seven in it. Also shall not more than two of those that are of said blood relationship or affinity between them sit in the same Court.

Declension

Declension of lankous (type kalleus) singular plural nominative lankous lankoudet genitive lankouden lankouksien partitive lankoutta lankouksia accusative lankous lankouden lankoudet inessive lankoudessa lankouksissa elative lankoudesta lankouksista illative lankouteen lankouksiin adessive lankoudella lankouksilla ablative lankoudelta lankouksilta allative lankoudelle lankouksille essive lankoutena lankouksina translative lankoudeksi lankouksiksi instructive – lankouksin abessive lankoudetta lankouksitta comitative – lankouksineen

Usage notes

The legal wording cited above is still valid legislation. Newer legislation stipulateds that the paragraph is also applied to corresponding male-female and female-female relationships and between spouses.