母ぼ系けい家か族ぞく

noun

matrilineal family

Anthropological term for a family system where descent and inheritance are traced through the mother's line. Not an everyday word; used in academic or descriptive contexts.

• この地ち域いきでは、母ぼ系けい家か族ぞくの伝でん統とうが今いまも残のこっている。

  In this region, the tradition of matrilineal families still remains.