matrilineal

English

Etymology

From matri- +‎ lineal. Coined by British government anthropologist Northcote Whitridge Thomas in 1904 along with patrilineal.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmeɪtɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/, /ˌmætɹɪ-/

Adjective

matrilineal (not comparable)

  1. (anthropology) Tracing descent only through female ancestors.
    Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance.
    • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:
      Enkidu expresses the values of nature, matrilineal conservatism, and the populism of the assembly, the assembly of village elders from the days before military dictatorship.

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References

  1. ^ “matrilineal, adj.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
  2. ^ E[dwin] Sidney Hartland (April 1915) “Ibo-Speaking Peoples of Southern Nigeria”, in Journal of the African Society, volume XIV, number LV, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited; New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Co., →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 276: “It is obviously to be inferred, for it is nowhere explicitly stated, that the Ibo of the Asaba district are patrilineal, to use a very convenient word coined by Mr. Thomas himself. But, if so, there are certain usages which look like relics of a matrilineal stage.”

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from English matrilineal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.tri.li.ne.al/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Hyphenation: ma‧tri‧li‧ne‧al

Adjective

matrilineal (Jawi spelling ماتريلينيال)

  1. (anthropology) matrilineal
    Antonym: patrilineal

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /matɾilineˈal/ [ma.t̪ɾi.li.neˈal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: ma‧tri‧li‧ne‧al

Adjective

matrilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural matrilineales)

  1. (anthropology) matrilineal

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • matrilinaje

Further reading

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