enate

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.
 * A great-grandmother is an enate if she is your mother’s mother's mother.
 * 1) Any maternal female relative.
 * 1) Any maternal female relative.

Adjective

 * 1) Related to someone by female connections.
 * 2) Related on the maternal side of the family.
 * 3)  Having identical grammatical structure (but with elements that are semantically different).
 * 4) Growing out.

Coordinate terms

 * (also linguistics)

Translations

 * Finnish: naislinjainen


 * Finnish: äidinpuoleinen