Look up: Teknonymy


  1. Teknonymy
    Teknonymy is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children. This practice can be found in many different cultures around the world. An example of teknonymy can be found among the `Malays` of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, where parents are known by the name of their first-born child...
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  2. teknonymy
    (from the article `South American Indian languages`) Proper names, to which different beliefs are attached, offer a variety of phenomena, among them the practice of naming a parent after a child (called ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/t/21

  3. teknonymy
    technonymy, teknonymy The practice among certain people of naming a parent from his or her child.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2565/10

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