bestengusu

Basque

FWOTD – 9 July 2024

Alternative forms

  • bestelengusu, bertzengusu

Etymology

From beste (“other”) +‎ lehengusu (“male cousin”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bes̺tenɡus̺u/ [bes̺.t̪eŋ.ɡu.s̺u]
  • Rhymes: -us̺u, -u
  • Hyphenation: bes‧ten‧gu‧su

Noun

bestengusu inan

  1. (rare) male second cousin
    Synonyms: lehengusu txiki, izter-lehengusu, bigarren lehengusu
    Coordinate term: bestengusina (“female second cousin”)
    • c. 1808, Juan Bautista Aguirre, Eracusaldiac [Lessons]‎[1], Tolosa, published 1850, page 560:
      Aidetasun au iristen da laugarren mallaraño, eta emendic eciñ ezcondu ditezque elcarrequin senideac, lengusu, bestengusu, eta erengusuac.
      [Aidetasun au iristen da laugarren mallaraño, eta emendik eziñ ezkondu ditezke elkarrekin senideak, lengusu, bestengusu eta erengusuak.]
      This kinship reaches the fourth level, and thus siblings, cousins, second cousins and third cousins cannot marry each other.

Declension

Declension of bestengusu (anim V-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive bestengusu bestengusua bestengusuak bestengusuok
ergative bestengusuk bestengusuak bestengusuek bestengusuok
dative bestengusuri bestengusuari bestengusuei bestengusuoi
genitive bestengusuren bestengusuaren bestengusuen bestengusuon
comitative bestengusurekin bestengusuarekin bestengusuekin bestengusuokin
causative bestengusurengatik bestengusuarengatik bestengusuengatik bestengusuongatik
benefactive bestengusurentzat bestengusuarentzat bestengusuentzat bestengusuontzat
instrumental bestengusuz bestengusuaz bestengusuez bestengusuotaz
innesive bestengusurengan bestengusuarengan bestengusuengan bestengusuongan
locative — — — —
allative bestengusurengana bestengusuarengana bestengusuengana bestengusuongana
terminative bestengusurenganaino bestengusuarenganaino bestengusuenganaino bestengusuonganaino
directive bestengusurenganantz bestengusuarenganantz bestengusuenganantz bestengusuonganantz
destinative bestengusurenganako bestengusuarenganako bestengusuenganako bestengusuonganako
ablative bestengusurengandik bestengusuarengandik bestengusuengandik bestengusuongandik
partitive bestengusurik — — —
prolative bestengusutzat — — —

Further reading

  • “bestengusu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “bestengusu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
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