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puhekieltä(anchor) A legally defined unit of Roman society, being a collection of people related by birth, marriage or adoption, but allowing a greater amount of time between members and their common ancestor than is commonly implied by the term (m).
puhekieltä A tribal subgroup whose members are characterized by having the same descent, usually along the male line.
1919, (w), s:The Source and Aim of Human Progress|The Source and Aim of Human Progress:

The taboos, the laws, the rules of genses, tribes, and nations, from the lowest to the highest, are upheld by a vague terror and sacred awe which society impresses on man by threats of ill-luck, fearful evil, and terrible punishments befalling sinners and transgressors of the tabooed, of the holy and the forbidden, charged with a mysterious, highly contagious, and virulently infective life-consuming energy.

Ces gens-là ont toujours été sympas avec moi.

Those people have always been kind to me.

Je n’aime pas les gens qui se prennent pour le nombril du monde.

I don't like people who think the world revolves around them.