Linguaphile wrote:Prantsis wrote: As regards the word order in Estonian, it seems to depend sometimes more on euphony than semantics. Some tendencies observed in that kind of pairs are listed on p.36-37 in
this pdf.
Aitäh pdf-i eest!
I found some more words for Mari: "изак-шольяк" for "siblings" in Meadow Mari, "ӓкӓк-шоляк" in Hill Mari, both meaning "elder sister-younger brother". Added below.
Thanks for all the replies and for the pdf! Adding another word for "siblings" in Meadow Mari,
акак-шоляк (perhaps the closest equivalent to Hill Mari "ӓкӓк-шоляк", "elder sister - younger brother"). I'm not sure but isn't "изак-шоляк" ("elder brother - younger brother") a generic word for "brother(s)"? (Moved it to "brother" for now.)
Danish: søskende | bror | søster
English: brothers and sisters; siblings | brother | sister
German: Geschwister, (Brüder und Schwestern) | Bruder | Schwester
Swedish: syskon | bror | syster
Catalan: germans | germà | germana
French: frères et sœurs | frère | sœur
Spanish: hermanos | hermano | hermana
Portuguese: irmãos | irmão | irmã
Galician: irmáns | irmán | irmá
Irish: deartháireacha is deirfiúracha | deartháir | deirfiúr
Welsh: brodyr a chwiorydd | brawd | chwaer
Russian: братья и сёстры | брат | сестра
Latvian: brāļi un māsas | brālis | māsa
Estonian: õed-vennad | vend; veli | õde; sõsar
Finnish: sisarukset | veli | sisar; sisko
Komi-Zyrian: чоя-вока | вок | чой
Livonian: veļīd ja sõzārd | veļ | sõzār
Mari (Hill): ӓкӓк-шоляк | ӹзӓ (elder brother), шоля (younger brother) | ӓкӓ (elder sister), шыжар (younger sister)
Mari (Meadow): иза-шольо ден ака-шӱжар; акак-шоляк | изак-шоляк, иза (elder brother; uncle), шольо (younger brother) | ака (elder sister; aunt), шӱжар (younger sister)
Mordvinian (Erzya): ялакст-патят; лелят-сазорт; лелят ды сазорт; ялакст ды патят | леля (elder brother; uncle), ялакс (younger brother) | патя (elder sister; aunt), сазор (younger sister)
Mordvinian (Moksha):
| патя (elder brother), пяльне (younger brother) | ака (elder sister), сазор (younger sister)
Inari Saami: viälžá | viljâ | uábbi
Kildin Saami: вӣлльй я вуэррьпенҍ | вӣлльй | вуэррьпенҍ
North Saami: oappážat; viellja ja oabbá | viellja | oabbá
Skolt Saami: vueʹbbež; villj da vuäʹbb | villj | vuäʹbb
South Saami: vïelle jih åabpa | vïelle | åabpa
Udmurt: вын-апайёс; апай-вынъёс | агай (elder brother; uncle), вын (younger brother) | апай (elder sister; aunt), сузэр (younger sister)
Votic: velled da sõsarõd | velli | sõsar
Võro: sõsaraq-veleq | veli | sõsaŕ
Tatar (Volga):
| абый, абзый (elder brother), эне (younger brother) | апа (elder sister), сеңел (younger sister)
Korean: 형제자매 /hyengceycamay/ | [older] 형 /hyeng/ [of a male], 오빠 /oppa/ [of a female]; [younger] 아우 /awu/ of a male], 동생 /tongsayng/ [male or female] | [older] 누나 /nwuna/ [of a male], 언니 /enni/ [of a female]; [younger] 누이 /nwui/ [of a male], 동생 /tongsayng/ [male or female]
Standard Chinese: 兄弟姐妹
xiōngdì jiěmèi | [older] 哥哥
gēge, [younger] 弟弟
dìdi | [older] 姐姐
jiějie, [younger] 妹妹
mèimeiHmong Daw: kwvtij [if all are boys]; vivncaus [if all are girls]; menyuam niamtxiv ib plab [lit. children of parents' one belly] | tijlaug [man's older brother]; tus / kwv [man's younger brother]; ; nus [woman's brother] | niam laus [woman's older sister]; niam hluas [woman's younger sister]; muam [man's sister]
Chuanqiandian Hmong: gud dix ved njoul | dix lous [man's older brother]; gud [man's younger brother]; nol [woman's brother] | daik loul / ved [woman's older sister]; daik hluak / njoul [woman's younger sister]; muaf [man's sister]
Indonesian: saudara | kakak [older sibling of either sex], adik [younger sibling of either sex]
Aymara: jilatanaka kullakanaka | jilata | kullaka
Tamil: [sibling] சகோதரன் /sa(ɣ/h)oːd̪əɾən/, [siblings] சகோதரர்கள் /sa(ɣ/h)oːd̪əɾəɾ(ɣ/h)əɭ/ | [brother] சகோதரன் /sa(ɣ/h)oːd̪əɾən/, [older brother] அண்ணா /aɳːa(ː)/, [younger brother] தம்பி /t̪ambi | [sister] சகோதரி /sa(ɣ/h)oːd̪əɾi/, [older sister] அக்கா /akːa(ː)/, [younger sister] தங்கை /t̪aŋgei/, [younger sister, colloquial endearing] தங்கச்சி /t̪aŋgət͡ʃːi/
(Note: word-medial க = /ɣ/ in Indian Tamil and /h/ in Sri Lankan Tamil)