moiety

English - Turkish

Definition of moiety in English Turkish dictionary: {i} yarı; {i} hisse; {i} parça; {i} pay; küçük parça; kısım; yarım

English - English

Definition of moiety in English English dictionary: Half
Has paid a visit to the Zoological Society.; Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups
A moiety of the world.; A specific segment of a molecule
Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety.; A share or portion; {n} the half, the one of two equal parts; A half; an indefinite portion; A division of a society into two social categories or groups, characteristically by a rule of patrilineal descent (patri-moiety) or matrilineal descent (matrimoiety); an anthropology term that literally means 'half' Moiety describes the belief that all things in the cosmos belong to each of two complimentary social and religious halves (this is not anything like the notions of Yin and Yang or similar dichotomies) All people, clans, ancestral figures, songs (including rhythms and clapstick beat patterns), designs, objects, phenomena, flora and fauna belong to one of each of the two moieties These are also intermarrying units In eastern Arnhem Land these moieties are named Dhuwa and Yirritja - in other regions, as per the table below Eastern Arnhem Land (Yolngu) Dhuwa Yirritja Western + Central Arnhem Land (Bining) Duwa Yirridjdja Central Arnhem Land (Anbarra) Jowanga Yirrichinga SE Arnhem Land (Nunggubuyu) Mandhayung Mandirritja Groote Eylandt (Wanindilyaugwa) East Wind Side (Mamarika) West Wind Side (Barra); one of two (approximately) equal parts; one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe; moieties a half share; \MOY-uh-tee\, noun: 1 One of two equal parts; a half 2 An indefinite part; a small portion or share 3 One of two basic tribal subdivisions; A portion of a molecular structure having some property of interest; A part, portion, or share; An indefinite part; a small part; {i} half, one of the two parts into which a whole is divided; A half, this term is often encountered where an Advowson was split between two heiresses; division of a society into two halves based on descent; A small portion or share; one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe one of two (approximately) equal parts; One of two equal parts; a half; as, a moiety of an estate, of goods, or of profits; the moiety of a jury, or of a nation; A component part of a complex molecule; One of two basic complementary tribal subdivisions Among some people, the members of one moiety were responsible for burying the dead of the other moiety