On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 11:29:34 +0200, alex <
alxmoeller@...> wrote:
>main meaning= true; from this a lot of derivatives, but all related to
>"true", "wahr".
>
>Question: is there an another meaning of this word, meaning which will
>mean "cousin" or any denomiantion of the familial relatives?
It's the same meaning. A "real brother" (frater germanus, frater verus) is
someone who has the same parents as you have. A "real cousin" (consobrinus
verus, germanus) or "first cousin" (consobrinus primus) is a son of your
father's or mother's real brothers or sisters. In Spanish, a brother is an
<hermano> (original meaning "real") and a cousin is a <primo> (original
meaning "first"). In Catalan, <germà> "brother" and <cosí germà> "first
cousin" (more distant cousins are called <cosins valencians> in my dialect,
but I don't think that's general Catalan).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
mcv@...