mother
→
<term of address to a woman>
10 realizations
| ACCEPTED Realization 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Tamil | |
| Lexeme | ammā | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | Tamil lexicon: 99 | |
| Comment | Meanings according to Cre-A Tamil: 1) a term of respect to refer mostly to a married woman; 2) a term of address by elders or superiors for younger woman (p 30). | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Brahui | |
| Lexeme | ammā | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | term of respectful address to a woman | |
| Reference | Bray_Brahui dictionary: 53 | |
| Comment | Also: polysemu āī 'mother'; (occas.) ‘daughter’; 'respectful term of address to any woman’. (51) | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Yaqui (Hiaki) | |
| Lexeme | maala | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | title of respect used by a man to a woman | |
| Reference | Dictionary Yaqui: 94 | |
| Comment | ||
| ACCEPTED Realization 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Shughni | |
| Lexeme | nān | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | Karamshoev Shughni: 297 | |
| Comment | Может быть обращением к старшей женщине или обращением матери к дочери | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Farsi | |
| Lexeme | ننه nane | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | Rubinčik 1970: 668 | |
| Comment | Разговорное, может толковаться как "мамаша" | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kurux | |
| Lexeme | ayang | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | Oraon-English Dictionary: 43 | |
| Comment | Another variant of lexeme, ayō, is used as a term of endearment address. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Russian | |
| Lexeme | мать (mat') | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | ||
| Reference | <personally collected data> | |
| Comment | Also мамаша | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 8 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kannada | |
| Lexeme | amma | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | word used for calling a woman with respect (which has replaced by “Madam” in cities) | |
| Reference | Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 51 | |
| Comment | Also: abbe, tāy, etc. | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 9 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Kui | |
| Lexeme 1 | ia | |
| Lexeme 2 | ia | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | term of respect for married and elderly woman | |
| Reference | Winfield Kui Vocabulary: 48 | |
| Comment | ia, pl. iaska | |
| ACCEPTED Realization 10 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | Polysemy | |
| Language | Telugu | |
| Lexeme | talli | |
| Meaning 1 | mother | |
| Direction | → | |
| Meaning 2 | form of address to a woman of any age | |
| Reference | Gwynn Telugu Dictionary: 231 | |
| Comment | ||