- Teknonymy
Teknonymy is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children. It is used in the
Korean language as well as in theArab world and West Africa.ee also
*
Korean name
*Kunya (Arabic)
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teknonymy — tekˈnänəmē noun ( es) Etymology: Greek teknon child + English onymy more at thane : the custom of naming the parent after the child * * * teknonymous, adj. teknonymously … Useful english dictionary
teknonymy — teknonymous, adj. teknonymously, adv. /tek non euh mee/, n. the practice among certain peoples of renaming a parent after a child. [ < Gk tékn(on) child + ónym(a) NAME + Y3] * * * … Universalium
teknonymy — the naming of the parent from the child Names for Names … Phrontistery dictionary
teknonymy — tek·non·y·my … English syllables
Korean name — Infobox Korean name title=Korean name hangul=이름 / 성명 hanja= / 姓名 rr=ireum / seongmyeong mr=irŭm / sŏngmyŏng A Korean name consists of a family name followed by a given name, as used by the Korean people in both North Korea and South Korea. In the … Wikipedia
-onym — The suffix onym, in English and other languages, means word, name, and words ending in onym refer to a specified kind of name or word, most of which are classical compounds. For example, an acronym is a word formed from the initial letter or… … Wikipedia
Zuni language — language name=Zuni nativename=Shiwi ma familycolor=Isolate states=U.S. region=Western New Mexico speakers=9,651 iso2=zun|iso3=zun Pre European contact distribution of Zuni Zuni (also Zuñi) is a language of the Zuni people, indigenous to western… … Wikipedia
South American Indian languages — Introduction group of languages that once covered and today still partially cover all of South America, the Antilles, and Central America to the south of a line from the Gulf of Honduras to the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica. Estimates of… … Universalium
teknonym — noun a name for an adult derived from that of a child, especially that of the eldest child See Also: teknonymic, teknonymy … Wiktionary
Names for Names — When my brother and I were little, our parents used to joke that if one of us had been a girl, they could have named us Chris and Alice, so that we would be Chris and Alice Chrisomalis . Fortunately for all concerned, they did not do so, because… … Phrontistery dictionary
