(in Aboriginal culture) a name identifying a person's position in a society that uses skins as the basis of social organisation.
both have been given skin names establishing their kinship positions
See skin (sense 8 of the noun)
Example sentencesExamples
In this story, there are seven young sisters with the same skin-name.
Everyone should have described to them Aboriginal skin names and the connection of people to country.
She has been accepted into the community and has been given a skin name.
It needs to be recognized that skin names alone do not constitute land ownership.
I have a lot of friends in the aborigine community and they've even given me a skin name in recognition of my love for nature, which is so important to them.
Skin names are passed down not from father to son or from mother to daughter, but rather from grandfather to grandson and from grandmother to granddaughter.
It needs to be noted that the skin names associated to Anmatyerre people also apply to people from other tribes and territories across the Australian desert.
We were assigned one of eight skin names, and set about building a family tree of the class.
Her skin name is Nangala and she speaks fluent Luritja and understands a few other Aboriginal languages.
Skin names are inherited from patriarchal couples.