At the conclusion thereof, the future bridegroom's people enquire if the girl has a maternal uncle, to whom the purchase money should be paid.
Marriage with a maternal uncle's daughter, which is common among the Dravida Brahmans, would be considered an act of sacrilege by Oriyas.
When an Oriya Brahman is charged with being a meat eater, he retorts that it is not nearly so bad as marrying a mathulakanya (maternal uncle's daughter).
At marriages, the pouring of the dhare water over the united hands of the bride and bridegroom is the duty of the father or maternal uncle of the bride, not of the headman.
They have a curious custom by which a girl's maternal uncle ties a tali (marriage badge) round her neck when she is seven or eight years old.
The daughter of a man's paternal aunt or maternal uncle may be claimed as murappen or lawful bride.
A male member of the family, generally a brother ormaternal uncle of the girl, washes the feet of the bridegroom.
A feast is held at the expense of the girl's maternal uncle, who brings a goat, and ties it to a pole at her house.
Very great importance is attached to the linking of the fingers of the bridal couple by the Kanigara or maternal uncle.
This last ceremony is invariably performed on the death of the mother, maternal uncle, and elder brother.
The bride's maternal uncle ties a sword round her loins, which is immediately untied by the bridegroom in token of the fact that he is her future supporter.
The child's maternal uncleor aunt gives the name, and at once all the women present assault the namer with their fists.
The exclusion of the children of a female from all rights of inheritance from a maternal uncle or maternal grandfather, which followed, was for the same reason.
These terms were found in avunculus, maternal uncle, and matertera, maternal aunt.
This custom is said to have been very common, especially in the case of a man's maternal uncle's or paternal aunt's daughter.
A Paraiyan, when he goes to seek the hand of a girl in marriage, will not eat at her house if her family refuse to consider the alliance, to which the consent of the girl's maternal uncle is essential.
During the first menstrual period, the Chakkiliyan girl is kept under pollution in a hut made of fresh green boughs, which is erected by her husband or maternal uncle.
They then return to the house and partake of a meal, at which the bridegroom and his bestman (maternal uncle's son) are seated apart.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "maternal uncle" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
