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Teknonymy (from , "child" and ὄνομα, "name"), more often known as a paedonymic,〔''Oxford English Dictionary'' (2005), "paedonymic, ''n.''"〕 is the practice of referring to parents by the names of their children. This practice can be found in many different cultures around the world. The term was coined by anthropologist Edward Burnett Tylor in an 1889 paper. Teknonymy can be found in: * Various Austronesian peoples: * *The Cocos Malays of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, where parents are known by the name of their first-born child. For instance, a man named Hashim and his wife, Anisa, have a daughter named Sheila. Hashim is now known as "Pak Sheila" (literally, "Sheila's Father") and Anisa is now known as "Mak Sheila" (literally, "Sheila's Mother"). * * Balinese people * * The Betsileo people of Madagascar, in particular the Zafimaniry subgroup * * the language of the Madurese people of Indonesia * * Tao people of Taiwan * the Korean language; for example, if a Korean woman has a son named Su-min, she might be called ''Su-min Eomma'' (meaning "mother of Su-min")〔 * the Arab world; for example, if a Saudi man named Hasan has a child named Malik, Hasan will now be informally known as "Abu Malik" (literally, "Malik's father"). "Mother of Malik" is ''Umm Malik''. Such a name is called ''Kunya in Arabic. * Amazonia * the Zuni language * In some extent, Habesha people in the Horn of Africa ==See also== * Michitsuna no Haha * Korean name * Patronymy 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teknonymy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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