母系

ぼけい【母系】

distaff ［spindle］ side

［the ～］ 母系， 母方(⇔spear side); maternal line〖C〗.

¶ → 母系社会

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ぼけい【母系】

the maternal line; the matrilineal descent; the mother's [distaff, spindle] side; 〔異父の〕 the uterine descent.

●母系に良血をもつ牡馬(_ぼば) a stallion with good blood on its mother's side.

●母系の maternal; on the maternal [mother's, distaff] side; umbilical; matronymic; metronymic.

母系家族 a maternal [an umbilical] family.

母系社会 a matrilineal society.

母系制 matriliny; a matrilineal system.