一妻多夫

Japanese
Kanji in this term
一 妻 多 夫
いち > いっ
Grade: 1		 さい
Grade: 5		 た
Grade: 2		 ふ
Grade: 4
goon

Etymology

一妻 (“one wife”) +‎ 多夫 (“multiple husbands”)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いっさいた​ふ [ìssáí táꜜfù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [isːa̠i ta̠ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

一(いっ)妻(さい)多(た)夫(ふ) • (issai tafu) 

  1. polyandry (plurality of husbands at the same time)
    Synonym: ポリアンドリー
    Antonym: 一夫多妻
    Coordinate term: 一雌多雄

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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