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teknonymy

Meaning of "teknonymy" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF TEKNONYMY

tɛkˈnɒnɪmɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TEKNONYMY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Teknonymy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TEKNONYMY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Teknonymy

Teknonymy is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children. This practice can be found in many different cultures around the world. An example of teknonymy can be found among the 'Malays' of Cocos Islands, where parents are known by the name of their first-born child. For instance, a man named Hashim and his wife, Anisa, have a daughter named Sheila. Hashim is now known as "Pak Sheila" and Anisa is now known as "Mak Sheila". Teknonymy can also be found in: ▪ the Korean language; for example, if a Korean woman has a son named Su Min, she might be called "Su Min Omma", or 'mother of Su Min". ▪ the language of the Madurese people of Indonesia; ▪ Balinese people. ▪ the Arab world. For example, if a Saudi man named Hasan has a child named Malik, Hasan will now be informally known as "Abu Malik". "Mother of Malik" is Umm Malik. ▪ The Betsileo people of Madagascar; ▪ West Africa; and, ▪ Amazonia. ▪ The Kumaoni language. For example, wife of Ramesh will be informally called as Rameshe Saini. ▪ the Zuni language...

Definition of teknonymy in the English dictionary

The definition of teknonymy in the dictionary is the practice of naming a parent after his or her child.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TEKNONYMY

antonymy · archenemy · caconymy · eponymy · homonymy · hypernymy · hyponymy · meronymy · metonymy · paronymy · polyonymy · synonymy · tautonymy · toponymy

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TEKNONYMY

teichopsia · Teide · teiglach · teiid · teil · Teilhard de Chardin · teind · teinoscope · Tejo · tektite · tektitic · Tel Aviv · Tel Aviv-Jaffa · tela · telae · telaesthesia · telaesthetic · telamon · telamones

WORDS THAT END LIKE TEKNONYMY

academy · anatomy · army · astronomy · creamy · domy · dummy · economy · Emmy · enemy · filmy · Grammy · mommy · my · stymy · tammy · taxonomy · thymy · tommy · yummy

Synonyms and antonyms of teknonymy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «teknonymy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TEKNONYMY

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The translations of teknonymy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «teknonymy» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

teknonymy
1,325 millions of speakers
es

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tecnonimia
570 millions of speakers
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English

teknonymy
510 millions of speakers
hi

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teknonymy
380 millions of speakers
ar

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teknonymy
280 millions of speakers
ru

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текнонимия
278 millions of speakers
pt

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tecnonímia
270 millions of speakers
bn

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teknonymy
260 millions of speakers
fr

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teknonymie
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Teknonymy
190 millions of speakers
de

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teknonymy
180 millions of speakers
ja

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teknonymy
130 millions of speakers
ko

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teknonymy
85 millions of speakers
jv

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Teknonymy
85 millions of speakers
vi

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teknonymy
80 millions of speakers
ta

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teknonymy
75 millions of speakers
mr

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टेक्नोनीमी
75 millions of speakers
tr

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teknonymy
70 millions of speakers
it

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teknonymy
65 millions of speakers
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teknonymy
50 millions of speakers
uk

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текнонімія
40 millions of speakers
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teknonymy
30 millions of speakers
el

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teknonymy
15 millions of speakers
af

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teknonymy
14 millions of speakers
sv

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teknonymy
10 millions of speakers
no

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teknonymy
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of teknonymy

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TEKNONYMY»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TEKNONYMY»

Discover the use of teknonymy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to teknonymy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Teknonymy
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Teknonymy is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children.
Proteus Val Re Kresten, 2012
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Korean Language in Culture And Society
Avoiding personal names: Teknonymy and geononymy Given the rather pervasive taboo in Korean culture against using personal names when speaking to or about adults, Koreans can resort to one of two interesting strategies: teknonymy ...
Ho-min Sohn, 2006
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Remaining Karen: A Study of Cultural Reproduction and the ...
The second is the advent of parenthood, when teknonymy is used. There is an important difference in the two. In the first case, although a married couple do not use their autonyms, they are nevertheless known by their autonyms as far as ...
Ananda Rajah, 2008
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A Grammar of Central Alaskan Yupik (CAY)
ii) Male teknonymy: As opposed to the stem laynay-l for 'woman' used in female teknonymy, the stem !ata-! 'father' with its variant !aata-! (§ 11.4.1) — instead of [ anut-l 'man' — is used for the male counterpart. It is interesting that forms such as  ...
Osahito Miyaoka, 2012
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Histories and Historicities in Amazonia
A few examples of groups with naming practices that impede recalling names of ancestors are the Arawete: teknonymy (Viveiros de Castro 1992); Ji- varo: name recycling and inherited names (Taylor 1993); Ka'apor: teknonymy (Balee 1994b);  ...
Neil L. Whitehead, 2003
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Kinship with Monkeys: The Guaj Foragers of Eastern Amazonia
Viveiros de Castro (2001) makes the point that teknonymy also serves to consanguinealize affines. One might even consider it a reversal of descent, in that identity is constructed through one's descendants rather than through one's ancestors.
Loretta A. Cormier, 2013
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Society & Culture
Teknonymy refers to the practice of addressing an adult as the parent of one's first child. This is widely practiced in India where it is taboo for the wife to mention the name of her husband. Father ofMahatma is an example of teknonymy.
Panopio, Isabel S., Rolda, Realidad Santico
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The Indians of Texas: From Prehistoric to Modern Times
This widespread practice, known as teknonymy, names a parent after the child, the parent becoming known as father (or mother) of So-and-So. Among the more eastern Atakapas, a father resumed his old name if a child died. (Swanton, 1911:  ...
W.W. Newcomb, Jr., 2010
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Kinship in Bali
Teknonymy comes, for the commoners, to be a means of addressing one's equals respectfully and of avoiding the use of either personal names or honorific titles. The members of the hamlet council are, so far as legal rights are concerned , ...
Hildred Geertz, 1978
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History of Anthropological Thought
The custom of teknonymy is prevalent among the tribal societies of South Africa, West Canada, India, Australia, Andaman, Sri Lanka, Phizidwip, Newguinea, Malaya, China, North Syberia, British Columbia, Malenesia etc. Tylor's correlation of ...
Vijay S. Upadhyay, Gaya Pandey, 1993

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TEKNONYMY»

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Aji sunte ho...
This practice is technically called Teknonymy. In Mewar, it is considered disrespectful to call the husband by his name. To strengthen this practice it is said that ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
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Somaliland's main Opposition Leader Confirms his son joins to ISIS
Sayid Hussein Faysal ,who adopted the Kunya or teknonymy of 'Abu Shuaib al-Somali' has traveled to Garowe by way of Burao to apply a Somali Passport. «Waagacusub Media, Aug 14»
REFERENCE
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