matrilineal kin
- noun
- /ˌmætrɪˈlɪniəl kɪn/
- Specialized
:
parientes matrilineales
- Anika learned about her heritage through stories passed down by her matrilineal kin.
Examples
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Children of adehyee have two choices: either they turn to their matrilineal kin in the village founded by their matrilineage, or they remain in their father's village.
Academic text (1998) -
Land is transmitted matrilineally through succession from matrilineal kin or is granted as family land (abusua asase) by the abusua panin.
Academic text (1998) -
The owner may therefore attribute the land to patrilineal or matrilineal kin during his lifetime (Table 3).
Academic text (1998) -
During family gatherings, she enjoys reconnecting with her matrilineal kin from her mother's side.
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Her matrilineal kin includes her aunts and grandmothers, all of whom influence her cultural identity.
Synonyms
A person who is related through their mother
A person related through the mother's side of the family
People who belong to your mother's family
A person who is related to you through your mother's family
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'matrilineal' (tracing lineage through females) with 'kin' (relatives): it denotes relatives related via the mother's line. This modifier + noun structure is a transparent, predictable semantic composition found across languages, so a learner who knows both constituents would understand the phrase.
Etymology
Matrilineal kin comes from societies that trace family through the mother's side; matrilineal points to the mother's 'line' and kin means family. So, it means 'relatives through one's mother's line'.
