| A | B |
|---|
| bridewealth | See progeny price. |
| cross cousins | Children of a brother and a sister. |
| dowry | A marital exchange in which the wife’s group provides substantial gifts to the husband’s family. |
| endogamy | Rule or practice of marriage between people of the same social group. |
| exogamy | Rule requiring people to marry outside their own group. |
| genitor | Biological father of a child. |
| incest | Forbidden sexual relations with a close relative. |
| levirate | Custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband. |
| mater | Socially recognized mother of a child. |
| parallel cousins | Children of two brothers or two sisters. |
| pater | Socially recognized father of a child; not necessarily the genitor. |
| plural marriage | Any marriage with more than two spouses, a.k.a. polygamy. |
| polyandry | Variety of plural marriage in which a woman has more than one husband. |
| polygyny | Variety of plural marriage in which a man has more than one wife. |
| progeny price | A gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin before, at, or after marriage; legitimizes children born to the woman as members of the husband’s descent group. |
| sororate | Custom by which a widower marries the sister of the deceased wife. |
