PROTO: *śa- / *śe- / *-śo
MEANING: 1 uncle 2 father-in-law 3 parent(s) 4 great-grandparent 5 grand-daughter 6 grandson 7 grand-nephew 8 ancestor 9 great-uncle
BZK: osa-ba 1, gura-so 3, asa-ba 8
GIP: osa-ba 1, gura-so 3, asa-ba 8
ANV: osa-ba 1, 2, bura-so 3, asa-ba 1, 9
BNV: osa-ba 1, bura-so 4, iloba-so 6, arba-so 8
LAB: osa-ba 1, 2, bur(h)a-so 3, arba-so 8
ZBR: osa-ba 1, alhaba-so 5, seme-so 6, iloba-so 7, bürü-so 8
RNC: osa-ba 1
COMMENTS: This prolific kinship morpheme seems to be related to PNC *=ɨ̆šwĔ 'son / daughter' (originally with changing class prefixes, as still in some EC langs.). It is probably present also in Bsq *śeme 'son', possibly a compound of *śe- + *hume 'child, baby'; and BZK sein 'child'.
