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aunting

noun

Etymology

From aunt + -ing.

  1. derived from amita
  2. derived from ante
  3. derived from aunte
  4. inherited from aunte
  5. suffixed as aunting — “aunt + ing”

Definitions

  1. The provision of maternal care by another, allomothering.

    • Such kidnapping rarely results in serious injury or death (i.e. 'aunting-to-death') with infant patas monkeys.

  2. The interactions arising from an aunt or aunt-like relationship

    • I found that aunting, or the care and nurture of children by aunts and great-aunts, is gendered and invisible work that, at the most basic level, salvages children’s lives.
    • Aunting speaks to the ways in which women can influence the children in their lives – and I don’t believe it is limited to biological aunties.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for aunting. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA