natal

Examples

• All

• Many people return to their natal towns during the holidays to visit family and friends.

• Cubs reside at the natal den for the first 3 to 4 weeks of life.

  Academic text (1998)

• The husband cannot object if she gives rice to her natal family.

  Academic text (1993)

• Females continue to be seen regularly in the natal home range throughout their lives.

  Academic text (1998)

• When a woman moves away from her natal household in marriage, her relatives might otherwise forget about her.

  Academic text (1993)

• The mother therefore remains almost constantly at the natal den, leaving only for brief periods to eat or drink.

  Academic text (1998)

• A daughter's natal clan, on the other hand, is strongly related to the risk of marriage.

  Academic text (1993)

• Instead, Sita and her mother went to visit her mother's brother in her mother's natal village.

  Academic text (1990)

• Governmental service in places distant from natal places was almost the only route for self-improvement.

  Academic text (1990)

• Even within patrilineal, patrilocal, polygynous societies, a woman maintained a particular relationship to her natal lineage.

  Academic text (1998)

Compounds

N

natal day

1 9.7

The day when a person was born

N

natal plum

• South African

9.6

A large evergreen shrub from South Africa with shiny leaves, thorny branches, and red fruit used as a hedge

N

natal plum

• South African

9.6

A small red fruit from a South African shrub that tastes sweet when ripe

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology