mother
→
exclamation of surprise, pain or sorrow
11 realizations
Multi-area
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kannada | |
| lexeme | amma | |
| meaning 1 | mother | interjection, denoting pain or weariness, grief, pain, surprise, compassion, joy, satisfaction |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ||
| reference | DEDR | |
| comment | variants: amma, amama, ammammā | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Kurux | |
| lexeme | ayō | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | exclamation of surprise or pain | |
| reference | Oraon-English Dictionary: 43 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Kuvi | |
| lexeme 1 | īya | |
| lexeme 2 | īyalesa | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | ||
| reference | Israel_Grammar of Kuvi: 239 | |
| comment | Also meaning: "Alas!" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malayalam | |
| lexeme 1 | acca | |
| lexeme 2 | acсō | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | exclamation of sorrow, pain, pity and surprise | |
| reference | Gundert Malayalam dictionary: 9 | |
| comment | (1) variants of lexeme 2: acci, acсō (2) Also: amminni ‘mother’, ‘interjection of pain, as of a child’ - derivation from ammā ‘mother’ - Gundert Malayalam, 44. | |
| NEW Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Malayalam | |
| lexeme | amma | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | interjection of lamentation & doubt or perplexity | |
| reference | Gundert Malayalam dictionary: 43 | |
| comment | ||
| NEW Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Midob | |
| lexeme 1 | íiyá / íiyé | |
| lexeme 2 | íyèká | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | dear mother! | |
| reference | Werner 1993: 94 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Russian | |
| lexeme 1 | мама (mama) | |
| lexeme 2 | мамочки (mamočki) | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | exclamation of surprise, fright | Анькин пакет с фруктами прорвался, и на гладкий полированный пол посыпались морковь, капуста, яблоки, бананы, апельсины… ― Ой, мамочки! ― взвизгнула Анька. // An’kin paket s fruktami prorvalsâ, i na gladkij polirovannyj pol posypalis’ morkov’, kapusta, âbloki, banany, apel’siny… ― Oj, mamočki! ― vzvizgnula An’ka. [[Андрей Житков. Супермаркет (2000)] Anka's bag of fruit broke suddenly and carrots, cabbage, apples, bananas, oranges fell down on the smooth, polished floor ... - Oh, mommy! - screamed Anka. |
| reference | Efremova 2000 | |
| comment | Употребляется при выражении испуга, удивления и т.п. | |
| NEW Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Derivation | |
| language | Serbian | |
| lexeme 1 | majka (мајка) + moja | |
| lexeme 2 | majko moja (мајко моја) | |
| meaning 1 | mother | Мајка била, мајка мила. She was a mother, a dear mother. |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | exclamation of surprise, pain or sorrow | Majko moja ... pa ovde stvarno nesto nije normalno... My God... something really isn't normal here... |
| reference | Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 669 CLARIN.SI | |
| comment | Majko (мајко) is a Vocative case of majka (мајка). |
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| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Spanish | |
| lexeme | madre | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | Denote admiration, surprise, etc. | ¡mi madre!, ¡madre mía!, ¡ay mi madre! (coll.) exprs. coloqs. Denotan admiración, sorpresa, etc. |
| reference | Real Academia Española Diccionario | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Tamil | |
| lexeme | ammā | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | exclamation of pity and surprise, or joy | aiyō, ammā! Oh, mother! |
| reference | Tamil lexicon: 99 | |
| comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 11 | ||
|---|---|---|
| type | Polysemy | |
| language | Telugu | |
| lexeme | ammā | |
| meaning 1 | mother | |
| direction | → | |
| meaning 2 | interjection expressive of pain | |
| reference | Gwynn Telugu Dictionary: 31 | |
| comment | (1) Also: ammā or ammālla interj meaning alas! Ah! Oho! (possibly also ammāṇni, ammādyu) (Brown Telugu 75) (2) Also: derivatives from amma: ammayya1 'mother's elder sister', (dial.) 'lady'; ammayya! 2 'interj. expressive of relief'; ammaroo! 3) 'interj. expressive of surprise'. Dictionary (Gwynn 31) considers it homonymy, though we suggest it tobe polysemy. | |