mutha

Dialectal variant of mother

• Geordie dialect variant of mother.
• Ebonics variant of mother.

• (Geordie) IPA^(key): /mʌðæ/

mutha (plural muthas)

1. (Geordie, African-American Vernacular) Pronunciation spelling of mother.

From muthafucka, from motherfucker.

mutha (plural muthas)

1. Clipping of muthafucka.

• mut'ah, mutah, tumah

• 𐴔𐴟𐴄𐴝 (mutha) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Cognate with Assamese মোটা (müta, “thick”), Hindi मोटा (moṭā)

mutha (Hanifi spelling 𐴔𐴟𐴄𐴝)

1. fat

• motha — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• muta

Ultimately from Sanskrit मुस्तक (mustaka, “nutgrass”). Compare Hindi नागरमोथा (nāgarmothā, “nutgrass”). Compare Malay mutah.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /mutˈhaʔ/ [mʊt̪ˈhaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: mut‧ha

muthâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜆ᜔ᜑ)

1. nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus)

• “mutha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 290