amama

Basque

Etymology

Reduplication of ama (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amama/ [a.ma.ma]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama, -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma‧ma

Noun

amama anim

  1. grandmother
    Synonym: amona

Declension

Declension of amama (animate, ending in -a)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive amama amama amamak
ergative amamak amamak amamek
dative amamari amamari amamei
genitive amamaren amamaren amamen
comitative amamarekin amamarekin amamekin
causative amamarengatik amamarengatik amamengatik
benefactive amamarentzat amamarentzat amamentzat
instrumental amamaz amamaz amamez
inessive amamarengan amamarengan amamengan
locative — — —
allative amamarengana amamarengana amamengana
terminative amamarenganaino amamarenganaino amamenganaino
directive amamarenganantz amamarenganantz amamenganantz
destinative amamarenganako amamarenganako amamenganako
ablative amamarengandik amamarengandik amamengandik
partitive amamarik — —
prolative amamatzat — —

Descendants

  • → Spanish: amama

Further reading

  • “amama”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “amama”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque amama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmama/ [aˈma.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧ma

Noun

amama f (plural amamas)

  1. (Basque Country) grandma

Tagalog

Etymology

Contraction of ama ng ama.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmama/ [ʔɐˈmaː.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧ma

Noun

amama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜋ) (Quezon)

  1. grandfather
    Synonyms: lolo, lelong, ingkong, mamay, apo, abwelo, (Quezon) ama, (archaic) agwelo
    Coordinate term: inana

Further reading

  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971) A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 30

Taivoan

Noun

amama

  1. grandmother

References

  • “amama”, in Taivoan Dictionary (in Chinese), Taiwan, 2025
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