Vocabulary:
- family - ýayle {ýiyal}/çahel {çahâli}/beyt {byût}
- relative - çarâyib
- father - bayy {êt}
- mother - çimm {êt}
- dad - bâba
- mom - mâma
- son - çiben {wlêd}
- daughter - binet {banêt}
- brother - kayy {çikwe}
- sister - çiket {wêt/kayyêt}
- twin - tôm (tawme) {twêm}
- husband - jôz {jwêz}/zôj {zwêj}
- wife - mart/zawje {êt}
- grandfather - jidd {jdûd}
- grandmother - sitt {êt}
- grandchild - xafîd(e) {xfêd}
- paternal uncle - ýamm {ýmûm}
- paternal uncle's wife - mart ýamm
- paternal aunt - ýamme {êt}
- paternal aunt's husband - jôz ýamme
- maternal uncle - kâll {kwêl}
- maternal uncle's wife - mart kâll
- maternal aunt - kâlle {êt}
- maternal aunt's husband - jôz kâlle
- paternal cousin - çiben ýamm/bint ýamm
- maternal cousin - çiben kâll/bint kâll
- orphan - yatmên {yatêma}/yatîm {çaytêm}
- adopted - mtêbaý
- descendents - çaxfâd
- brother-in-law (sister's husband) - şaher {şhûra/çaşihra}
- mother-in-law - xama {wêt/çixma}
- daughter-in-law - qinne {qnêyin}
- sister-in-law - mart kayy
- husband of wife's sister - ýadîl {ýudala}
Examples:
My father - bayyi
My mother - çimmi
My eldest brother - kayyi li-qbîr
My little brother - kayyi z-zgîr
My grandfather - jiddi
My grandmother - sitti
My (paternal) uncle - ýammi
My (paternal) uncle's wife - mart ýammi
My (paternal) aunt - ýammti
My (maternal) uncle - kâlli
My (maternal) uncle's wife - mart kâlli
My (maternal) aunt - kâllti
