unclehood

unclehood

English

Etymology

uncle +‎ -hood

Noun

unclehood (uncountable)

1. the state of being an uncle
   • 2003, Richard W Budd, Interdisciplinary approaches to human communication

     If he lives in a society which has established unclehood as a centrally significant institution (not ours, to be sure, but most matrilineal societies)...

Synonyms

• uncledom

Translations

Translations

Turkish: amcalık (tr) (paternal), dayılık (tr) (maternal)