matrilineal

matri- +‎ lineal

• IPA^(key): /ˌmeɪtɹɪˈlɪnɪəl/, /ˌmætɹɪ-/

matrilineal (not comparable)

1. (anthropology) Tracing descent only through female ancestors.

   Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance.

   • 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 191:

     Enkidu expresses the values of nature, matrilineal conservatism, and the populism of the assembly, the assembly of village elders from the days before military dictatorship.

• patrilineal

• matrilineally
• matrilineality

• matrilateral

Borrowed from English matrilineal.

• IPA^(key): /ma.tri.li.ne.al/
• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ma‧tri‧li‧ne‧al

matrilineal (Jawi spelling ماتريلينيال)

1. (anthropology) matrilineal

   Antonym: patrilineal

• patrilineal

• "matrilineal" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “matrilineal” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /matɾilineˈal/ [ma.t̪ɾi.li.neˈal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ma‧tri‧li‧ne‧al

matrilineal m or f (masculine and feminine plural matrilineales)

1. (anthropology) matrilineal

• patrilineal

• “matrilineal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014