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## Family Words
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Family words are a huge part of a language because it encodes a lot about the
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culture behind that language. L'ewa isn't really intended to have much of a
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culture behind it, but the one place I want to take a cultural stance is here.
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The major kinship word is kirta, or "is an infinite slice of an even greater
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infinite". This is one of the few literal words in L'ewa that is defined using a
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metaphor, as there is really no good analog for this in English.
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There are also words for other major family terms in English:
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| L'ewa | Definition |
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| brota | is the/a brother of |
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| sistu | is the/a sister of |
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| mamta | is the/a mother of |
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| patfu | is the/a father of |
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| grafa | is the/a grandfather of |
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| grama | is the/a grandmother of |
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| wanto | is the/a aunt of |
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| tunke | is the/a uncle of |
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Cousins are all called brother/sister. None of these words are inherently
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gendered and `brota` can refer to a female or nonbinary person. The words are
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separate because I feel it flows better, for now at least.
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