matrilineal descent or kinship, or a kinship system based on matrilineal descent
matriliny in American English
(ˈmætrəˌlɪni, -ˌlaini, ˈmei-)
nounWord forms: plural-linies
the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family
Word origin
[1905–10; matrilin(eal) + -y3]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, jazz, stabilizer, thiamine, white list-y is a suffix of various origins used in the formation of action nouns from verbs (inquiry), also found in other abstract nouns (carpentry; infamy)
Examples of 'matriliny' in a sentence
matriliny
Different reasons are attributed for the emergence of matriliny among them.
Musthafa Farook, Haskerali E.C 2017, 'Appropriated Islam: Hindu-Muslim cultural symbiosis and matriliny among the Mappilasof Kerala', Journal of Education Culture and Societyhttp://www.ojs.jecs.pl/index.php/jecs/article/view/10.15503.jecs20172.268.274. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)