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yibatha

[jibad̪a]

noun

LanguageGamilaraay

Meaning
  1. A female marriage class or skin group. A yibatha can marry only a gabi; her sons will be gambu, and her daughters buuthaa.
  2. A female marriage class or skin group.
  3. A yibatha is a specific category or skin group for women in the traditional Gamilaraay social system. Women in this group have specific rules about who they can marry and what the skin names of their children will be.
Examples

Yibatha galiyara gabi.

A yibatha woman marries a gabi man.

Pronunciationjibad̪a

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis term refers to the traditional kinship and marriage system.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 5 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.