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Universal 1660:

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Universal 1660:

Original
In no language, the most common word for ‘first generation descendant’ is not the same as the most common word for ‘person who has not reached puberty’ (i.e. ‘child’).
Standardized
The most common word for ‘first generation descendant’ is always the same as the most common word for ‘person who has not reached puberty’ (i.e. ‘child’).
Keywords
kinship
Domain
lexicon
Type
unconditional
Status
achronic
Quality
absolute
Basis
languages surveyed by Dahl & Koptjevskaja-Tamm
Source
Dahl & Koptjevskaja-Tamm (forthcoming)
Counterexamples

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  1. FP
    FP
    1. May 2020

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