unclehood

English

Etymology

uncle +‎ -hood

Noun

unclehood (uncountable)

the state of being an uncle
- 2003, Richard W Budd, Interdisciplinary approaches to human communication:
  If he lives in a society which has established unclehood as a centrally significant institution (not ours, to be sure, but most matrilineal societies)...

Synonyms

uncledom

Translations

Translations

Arabic: عُمُومَة f (ʕumūma) (paternal), خُؤُولَة f (ḵuʔūla) (maternal)
Turkish: amcalık (tr) (paternal), dayılık (tr) (maternal)

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