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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family..
A great-grandmother is an enate if she is your mother’s mother's mother.
Similarly, since the wearing of a sawat is importantly informed by matrilineal group membership — an enate of the deceased cannot wear a sawat — it would be an error to assume that matrilineal group membership is necessarily salient in explaining the behavior of a social actor.
Use enate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Enate means A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family..
Common synonyms include enatic, related, maternal, matrikin.
Possible antonyms include agnate.
A great-grandmother is an enate if she is your mother’s mother's mother.
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