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-ghae

noun

LanguageAhtna (United States)

Meaning
  1. man's sister-in-law
  2. woman's sister-in-law or brother-in-law
  3. A term for a specific relative by marriage, used differently depending on the gender of the speaker.
Examples

Tsae-ghae c'eghilnen.

My brother-in-law is bringing it.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThe term applies to specific marital relations within the kinship system.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.