(in Aboriginal culture) a name identifying a person's position in a society that uses skins as the basis of social organisation.
both have been given skin names establishing their kinship positions
See skin (sense 8 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
- In this story, there are seven young sisters with the same skin-name.
- Everyone should have described to them Aboriginal skin names and the connection of people to country.
- She has been accepted into the community and has been given a skin name.
- It needs to be recognized that skin names alone do not constitute land ownership.
- I have a lot of friends in the aborigine community and they've even given me a skin name in recognition of my love for nature, which is so important to them.
- Skin names are passed down not from father to son or from mother to daughter, but rather from grandfather to grandson and from grandmother to granddaughter.
- It needs to be noted that the skin names associated to Anmatyerre people also apply to people from other tribes and territories across the Australian desert.
- We were assigned one of eight skin names, and set about building a family tree of the class.
- Her skin name is Nangala and she speaks fluent Luritja and understands a few other Aboriginal languages.
- Skin names are inherited from patriarchal couples.