4.1.9.1.3 Brother, sister

Use this domain for words related to siblings.

Louw Nida Codes: 
10C Kinship Relations of the Same Generation
  • What words refer to the children of your father and mother?
    sibling, brother, sister
  • What words indicate the order in which your brothers and sisters were born?
    elder brother, elder sister, younger brother, younger sister
  • What words refer to the children of your father by another mother, or of your mother by another father?
    half-brother, half-sister
  • When your father or mother marries a person who already has children by a previous marriage, what words refer to those children?
    stepbrother, stepsister