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Pronunciation
Homophones
Noun
- (countable) A niece is the female child of someone's sister or brother and is a part of their extended family. <> use 'yar 'daughter of' + term for the specific sibling such as wa (older brother), ƙani (younger brother), ya (older sister), ƙanwa (younger sister).
- That's my niece (older brother's daughter). <> 'yar wa ta ce.
Related words
| Members of a family (edit) |
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parent: father - mother | spouse: husband - wife | child: son - daughter | sibling: brother - sister | uncle | aunt | nephew - niece | cousin | grandparent: grandfather - grandmother | grandchild: grandson - granddaughter |