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