maama

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

màama

  1. brother

Fula

Alternative forms

  • maamiko

Etymology

From Proto-Fula-Serer *maam (grandparent), whence also Serer maam (“grandparent”).[1]

Noun

maama (plural maamiraaɓe ɓe)

  1. (Pular) grandparent, ancestor
  • maama-soro
  • (augmentative) maamiraawo

References

  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Comparative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 122

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV maama
Brazilian standard maama
New Tribes maama

Alternative forms

  • mama (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [maːma]

Noun

maama

  1. (Caura River dialect) first-person possessed form of nü
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