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"Relationship"

by jchthys, November 21, 2009

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Language: English

jchthys (User's profile) November 21, 2009, 8:43:54 PM

Does anyone know what the best Esperanto word for "relationship" (as in emotional ties between people who have no consanguinity) would be?

Miland (User's profile) November 21, 2009, 8:47:34 PM

I suggest interrilato for the notion of "human relationship" in the widest sense. There is a subtle difference with rilato according to PIV 2005, which indicates that the latter consists of a reciprocal linking by human acts, whether personal or commercial: ligiteco de agado inter personoj.

tommjames (User's profile) November 21, 2009, 8:56:04 PM

I almost always use rilato for this, though sometimes Miland's suggestion interrilato. ReVo has them as essentially the same but I can imagine interrilato might be clearer in some contexts.

Rogir (User's profile) November 21, 2009, 11:05:06 PM

If you would mean a relationship between lovers, the word is koramikeco. A friendship is amikeco.

jchthys (User's profile) November 25, 2009, 4:32:12 PM

(Inter)rilato is what I was looking for. Thanks!

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