いやいとこ

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Meanings

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noun

second cousin

usually written using kana alonearchaic

Archaic term for a second cousin; modern Japanese uses 再従兄弟 (さいとこ) or はとこ instead.

Related words

再従兄弟はとこ
Modern standard term for second cousin; いやいとこ is its archaic equivalent.
はとこ
Common colloquial term for second cousin; more frequent in everyday speech than いやいとこ.

Built from

弥いや+いとこ

Written forms

弥いや従兄弟いとこ
Archaic kanji spelling for male or mixed-gender second cousins.
弥いや従姉妹いとこ
Archaic kanji spelling for female second cousins.

Etymology

The prefix 弥 (いや) is an old intensifier meaning 'more' or 'further', combined with 従兄弟 (いとこ) 'cousin', literally 'further cousin'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.