matrilocal

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˌmæ.tɹɪˈləʊ.kəl/

Adjective

not-comparable of a married couple of a people or culture

(of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal. / (anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.

Japanese Meaning

婚姻関係において、夫婦が妻の家族と同居すること、すなわち妻側で生活する婚姻形態を指す。 / （人類学）新婚夫婦が妻の家族と一緒に暮らす慣習や制度を意味する。

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The matrilocal couple moved into the wife's ancestral home after their marriage.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

妻の家族と同居するその夫婦は、結婚後に妻の実家に引っ越した。

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Sense（1）

(of a married couple) Living with the family of the wife; uxorilocal.

Sense（2）

(anthropology, of a people or culture) In which newly married couples live with the wife's family.

In barring the way, he is enacting a ritual which demands that the new way of patrilocal marriage pay its respect to the more ancient way of matrilocal marriage.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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