Cousin. The word can refer to either a male or a female.
A cousin can be either male or female.
The noun cousin is a common gender noun, a word for a male or a female relative.
To specify the sex of a cousin, use the phrases "male cousin" and "female cousin."
female cousin- cugina male cousin- cugino multiple female cousins- cugine multiple males or mix of gender cousins- cugini
A cousin is a cousin regardless of gender. Now if your brother or sister has a girl child, she would be your niece, not your cousin, and you would be the uncle or aunt depending on your own gender. This can be confusing when the uncle or aunt is younger than their nephew or niece or close in age.
There are two ways to say "cousin" in Italian, depending on the gender of the cousin.If the cousin is male, you would say "cugino." If he or she is female, you would say "cugina."
He calls you cousin because that is what you are. Age or gender have nothing to do with it. It is family.
The noun loaf is a neuter gender noun, a word for something that has no gender. A common gender noun is a word for something that can be male or female, for example parent, doctor, neighbor, cousin, bird, fish, elephant, etc.
In English cousin denotes a family relationship, it is not gender specific.
Nephew is the opposite of cousin
kaihana, that is just cousin in general or if you mean an older cousin in the same gender as you its a tuakana- also meaning older sister of a sister or older brother of a brother. or if you are referring to a younger person the same gender you can say teina/taina
The possessive pronoun for the possessive noun cousin's in his or hers, depending on the gender of the cousin. Examples:My cousin lives on this street. The house on the corner is hers.My cousin lives on this street. The house on the corner is his.Note: Don't forget, a possessive pronoun takes the place of the noun that belongs to the cousin. A possessive adjective is placed before the noun to describes that noun (his house, her house).