ambilanak

adjective

am·​bil·​anak

¦ambə¦länə(k)

: of or relating to a form of Malayan marriage especially in Sumatra where the husband in lieu of a bride-price enters the wife's family, has no property right in children or wife, and may be dismissed by her father

Word History

Etymology

Malay ambil-anak, from ambil taking over + anak child

First Known Use

1822, in the meaning defined above

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