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一妻多夫 (issaitafu) Japanese meaning: polyandry | Kotomora

一いっ妻さい多た夫ふ

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Meanings

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A social or anthropological term for a marriage system in which one woman has multiple husbands.

一いっ妻さい多た夫ふは一いち部ぶの地ち域いきで見みられる婚こん姻いん形

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Polyandry is a form of marriage found in some regions.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
妻wife, spouse
多many, frequent, much
夫husband, man

Related words

一いっ夫ぷ多た妻さい
一夫多妻 is polygyny (one husband, multiple wives), the opposite of 一妻多夫.

Etymology

Compound of 一 (one), 妻 (wife), 多 (many), and 夫 (husband). The reading is on'yomi throughout.