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maternal uncle

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maternaluncle (pluralmaternal uncles)

  1. Thebrother orbrother-in-law of one’smother.(This entry is atranslation hub.)
    • 1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss,Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page42:
      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.31 On the other hand, the patrilineal
      Cherkess of the Caucasus place the hostility between father and
      son, while thematernal uncle assists his nephew and gives him a
      horse when he marries.32

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brother of one's mother

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