Kinship

First-degree relatives

  • Mother: modar [ˈmo.ð̞ɐɾ], mamma [ˈmɐ̃.mɐ]
  • Father: fadar [ˈfa.ð̞ɐɾ], pappa [ˈpap.pɐ]
  • Brother: broþar [ˈbɾo.θɐɾ]
  • Sister: svestar [ˈzves.tɐɾ]
  • Siblings: germani [d͡ʒeɾˈma.ni] plurale tantum
  • Son: sono [ˈso.nu]
  • Daughter: dauhtar [ˈdɔh.tɐɾ]
  • Wife: sposa [ˈspo.zɐ]
  • Husband: abno [ˈab.nu]

Second-degree relatives

  • Aunt: zia [ˈt͡si.ɐ]
  • Uncle: zio [ˈt͡si.u]
  • Grandmother: nonna [ˈnõ.nɐ]
  • Grandfather: nonno [ˈnõ.nu]
  • Niece, granddaughter: nipote [niˈpo.te]
  • Nephew, grandson: nipote [niˈpo.te]

Notes

For half sister, half brother or half siblings, just compound mezzo, declined according to gender and number to the original word:

  • Half sister: mezzasvestar [ˌmed.d͡zɐˈzves.tɐɾ]
  • Half brother: mezzobroþar [ˌmed.d͡zoˈbɾo.θɐɾ]
  • Half siblings: mezzigermani [ˌmed.d͡zi.d͡ʒeɾˈma.ni]

Third-degree relatives

  • Female cousin: cogina [kuˈd͡ʒi.nɐ]
  • Male cousin: cogino [kuˈd͡ʒi.nu]
  • Great-grandmother: bisnonna [bizˈnõ.nɐ]
  • Great-grandfather: bisnonno [bizˈnõ.nu]
  • Great-granddaughter: bisnipote [biz.niˈpo.te]
  • Great-grandson: bisnipote [biz.niˈpo.te]