daidžići

English translation: (maternal) cousins

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Bosnian term or phrase:daidžići
English translation:(maternal) cousins
Entered by: ipv

12:59 Aug 14, 2012
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Bosnian term or phrase: daidžići
Rečenica glasi: Ima mojih daidžića ovdje, ovaj mojih amidžića i tako. Znam sta znači daidža ali kako prevesti daidžića na engleski, nadam se da neko ima neki predlog.
milijana trobradovic
Local time: 11:47
(maternal) cousins
Explanation:
Majčin brat je daidža, njegova žena je daidžinica (ujna), njegov sin je daidžić, a kćer daidžićna.

http://www.inantro.hr/admin/_upload/_files/cscamphppei/Bosan...

Your uncle's son will simply be your first cousin (no times removed), more normally just called a cousin.

http://www.blurtit.com/q684702.html

Maternal/paternal cousin
A term that specifies whether the individual is one's cousin on the mother's side (maternal) or father's side (paternal).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin#Additional_terms

maternal cousin (plural maternal cousins)

1. A child of one's mother's sibling
2. A more distant relative of one's mother who is not a direct ancestor

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maternal_cousin


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Local time: 16:47
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2 +3(maternal) cousins
ipv
4nephews by maternal line
Branka Ramadanovic


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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5 peer agreement (net): +3
(maternal) cousins


Explanation:
Majčin brat je daidža, njegova žena je daidžinica (ujna), njegov sin je daidžić, a kćer daidžićna.

http://www.inantro.hr/admin/_upload/_files/cscamphppei/Bosan...

Your uncle's son will simply be your first cousin (no times removed), more normally just called a cousin.

http://www.blurtit.com/q684702.html

Maternal/paternal cousin
A term that specifies whether the individual is one's cousin on the mother's side (maternal) or father's side (paternal).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin#Additional_terms

maternal cousin (plural maternal cousins)

1. A child of one's mother's sibling
2. A more distant relative of one's mother who is not a direct ancestor

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maternal_cousin




ipv
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in CroatianCroatian, Native in BosnianBosnian
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Mira Stepanovic
1 hr
  -> Hvala, Mira :)

agree  Vesna Maširević
3 hrs
  -> Hvala, Vesna

agree  Daniela Slankamenac
3 hrs
  -> hvala, Daniela
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
nephews by maternal line


Explanation:
Ako je potrebno naglasiti razliku između daidžića i amidžića.... onda stavite by maternal line

Branka Ramadanovic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Local time: 16:47
Native speaker of: Native in BosnianBosnian, Native in CroatianCroatian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  ipv: mislim da bi, u svakom slučaju, trebalo biti IN the maternal line
44 mins

neutral  Mira Stepanovic: nephew je "sestrić" ili "bratanac"
1 day 17 hrs
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