-swekru

Europic

Etymology

Root √swekr.

Affix (Suffix, nominal)

-swekru

1. in-law, step-, spouse’s

   Most commonly expressed as a suffix: The modified familial term that precedes it must first be adjectivised (final -u changed to -a, e.g. vatrina-swekru ‘mother-in-law’) and followed by a hyphen; otherwise, the familial term must follow swekru as an adjective, e.g. swekru vatrina ‘maternal in-law’. In the case of children and grandchildren, a better translation would be ‘step-’, e.g. filina-swekru translates to ‘spouse’s daughter’, i.e. ‘step-daughter’ rather than ‘daughter-in-law’.

Related Terms

• swekra ‘in-law’

Coordinate Terms

• -camu ‘spouse (of)’
• -caminu ‘wife (of)’
• -camotcu ‘husband (of)’