leka cross-cousin / same-sex cross-cousin (MBC, FZC): a man’s male [...]

1. • cross-cousin
2. • same-sex cross-cousin (MBC, FZC): a man’s male cousin (MBS, FZS), or a woman’s female cousin (MBD, FZD)
   • • Kin

   Syntactic Restriction

   symmetrical term

   • • Example 1423:
       

       Awis, leka.

       Thanks, my cousin.

       Example Comment

       from man to man

3. • cross-cousin of opposite sex (MBC, FZC): a man’s female cousin (MBD, FZD), or a woman’s male cousin (MBS, FZS)
   • • Kin
     • Ethn

   Syntactic Restriction	symmetrical term
   Infobox	Avoiding your cross-cousin: Any sort of contact between cross-cousins of opposite sex, whether eye- or body-contact, is strictly prohibited. If it ever occurs, then the two individuals must marry (~kila). As a consequence, cross-cousins – who can be potentially spouses – avoid each other strictly. Mwasu, a mythological figure, infringed those rules, and caused a disaster on the island.

   • • Example 687:
       

       leka emele

       female cousin

     • Example 1046:
       

       U-le pon etapu! Ña leka kape i-rom' eo!

       Don't go there! Your cousin might see you!

       Example Comment

       with apprehensive [ña](LX000311)

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S58

     • Example 1424:
       

       Leka, kape u-labu ebele ini metae, kape u-romo ini tae. Nga u-romo ini we u-labu ini, kape u-kila.

       With your (opp.-sex) cross-cousin, you are not allowed any body contact, nor any eye contact. If you ever saw or touched her, you'd have to marry her.

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~aptei swear (on s.o.'s life, ñe +N)
  • mule affine of same generation (vs. uku) / sibling-in-law, whether male or female: spouse of o.'s sibling (ZH, BW), or sibling of o.'s spouse (WB, WZ, HB, HZ) / spouse of o.'s cross-cousin, cousin by marriage (MBDH, MBSW; FZDH, FZSW; HFZC, WFZC…)