the practice of one woman having several husbands is called monogamy.
the practice of one woman having several husbands is called?
monogamy
polyandry, was practiced in kandyan provinces until it was banned by the british in 1859. the practice known as "eka-ge-kema" meaning "eating in one house", provided for a wife to have several husbands from the same family. in most cases these husbands would be brothers. the practice predates the kandyan era and was even common among royalty as king vijayabahu vii of kotte had cohabited his first wife anula kahatuda with his brother sri rajasinghe.
kandyan law
bullet::::- my sisters' friend's investments "(the investments belonging to a friend of several of my sisters)"









































bullet::::- my sisters' friends' investments "(the investments belonging to several friends of several of my sisters)"









































kingsley amis, on being challenged to produce a sentence whose meaning depended on a possessive apostrophe, came up with:









































bullet::::- those things over there are my husband's. ("those things over there belong to my husband".)









































bullet::::- those things over there are my husbands'. ("those things over there belong to several husbands of mine".)









































bullet::::- those things over there are my husbands. ("i'm married to those men over there.")
apostrophe