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Then I'll go on using he-cousin and she-cousin.
With or without hyphen?
I should also add that some English speakers would find being called "he-cousin" or "she-cousin" mildly offensive, or irritating. Certainly here in NZ, the gender prefix conjures up associations with livestock.
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