Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
いち > いっ
Grade: 1
さい
Grade: 5

Grade: 2

Grade: 4
goon

Etymology edit

一妻 (one wife) +‎ 多夫 (multiple husbands)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(いっ)(さい)()() (issai tafu

  1. polyandry (plurality of husbands at the same time)
    Synonym: ポリアンドリー
    Antonym: 一夫多妻
    Coordinate term: 一雌多雄

References edit

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN