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名詞

maternal uncle (plural maternal uncles)

1. The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.)
   • 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 42:

     The social organization of the Trobriand Islanders of Melane-
     sia is characterized by matrilineal descent, free and familiar rela-
     tions between father and son, and a marked antagonism between
     maternal uncle and nephew. On the other hand, the patrilineal
     Cherkess of the Caucasus place the hostility between father and
     son, while the maternal uncle assists his nephew and gives him a
     horse when he marries.

関連する語

• maternal aunt
• paternal uncle

参考

• uterine nephew