Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

skin group

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.82 in modern English

Syllables: skin -group
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An Australian Aborigine social division, which is inherited from the mother and which determines whom one can marry and how one relates to others.

Example Sentences

"A person is born into their skin group and thus, in addition to a personal name, shares with other relatives who are similarly classified, a skin name."
"Until very recently the penalties for marrying someone from another skin group were very harsh, and included death."
"Our skin group tells us who we can marry and who we should not talk to."

Inflected Forms

skin groups (plural) skin-group (alternative)

Phrases

skin name

Frequently Paired Words

skin name

Questions

What does skin group mean?: An Australian Aborigine social division, which is inherited from the mother and which determines whom one can marry and how one relates to others.

How to pronounce skin group

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