Sentence:  Similarly, since the wearing of a "sawat" is importantly informed by matrilineal group membership — an <WSD>enate</WSD> of the deceased cannot wear a "sawat" — it would be an error to assume that matrilineal group membership is necessarily salient in explaining the behavior of a social actor. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.