mother motherland 35 realizations
NEW Realization 1
Type Derivation
Language Albanian
Lexeme 1 mëmë
Lexeme 2 mëmëdhe
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 2
Type Derivation
Language Bengali
Lexeme 1 mātr̥ (মাতৃ)
Lexeme 2 mātr̥bhūmi (মাতৃভূমি)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Biswas, Sailendra. Samsad Bengali-English dictionary. 3rd ed. Calcutta, Sahitya Samsad, 2000. 855

NEW Realization 3
Type Derivation
Language Cantonese Chinese
Lexeme 1 mou5 (母)
Lexeme 2 mou5 gwok3 (母國, 母国)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 4
Type Derivation
Language Danish
Lexeme 1 moder
Lexeme 2 moderland
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference DDO
Comment
NEW Realization 5
Type Derivation
Language Dutch
Lexeme 1 moeder
Lexeme 2 moederland
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference Mironov 1987
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 6
Type Derivation
Language English
Lexeme 1 mother
Lexeme 2 motherland
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference ODE
Comment
NEW Realization 7
Type Derivation
Language German
Lexeme 1 Mutter
Lexeme 2 Mutterland
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference Duden
Comment
NEW Realization 8
Type Derivation
Language Guarani
Lexeme 1 sy
Lexeme 2 tetâ ñande sy
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference Guasch, Ortiz 1998: 375
Comment

'country + our + mother'

NEW Realization 9
Type Derivation
Language Hindi
Lexeme 1 mātṛ- (मातृ-)
Lexeme 2 mātṛbhūmi (मातृभूमि)
Meaning 1 mother's, maternal
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

McGregor, R. S. The Oxford Hindi-English dictionary. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.  804

NEW Realization 10
Type Derivation
Language Ingush
Lexeme 1 нана
Lexeme 2 наьначе
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 11
Type Derivation
Language Italian
Lexeme 1 madre
Lexeme 2 madrepatria
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland, homeland
Reference Vocabolario Treccani
Comment
NEW Realization 12
Type Derivation
Language Japanese
Lexeme 1 bo (母)
Lexeme 2 bokoku (母国)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 13
Type Derivation
Language Kalmyk
Lexeme 1 эк
Lexeme 2 эк орн-нутг
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 (rare) motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment Муниев 1977 693
ACCEPTED Realization 14
Type Derivation
Language Kannada
Lexeme 1 tāy
Lexeme 2 tāyinādu
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference Kannada-English Etymological Dictionary: 463
Comment
NEW Realization 15
Type Derivation
Language Khmer
Lexeme 1 miəto (មាតុ)
Lexeme 2 miətoprɑɑteih (មាតុប្រទេស)
Meaning 1 (in compounds) mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference SEAlang Khmer
Comment

From Pali mātu 'mother' + Sanskrit pradeśa 'country'.

Also miətophuum (មាតុភូមិ), phuum 'country, region. place', from  Pali bhūmi or Sanskrit bhūmi 'land, earth, country'.

NEW Realization 16
Type Derivation
Language Lao
Lexeme 1 mā tu (ມາຕຸ)
Lexeme 2 mā tu phūm (ມາຕຸພູມ)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference SEAlang Lao
Comment
NEW Realization 17
Type Polysemy
Language Macedonian
Lexeme 1 маjка
Lexeme 2 маjковина
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference DRMJ
Comment
NEW Realization 18
Type Derivation
Language Mandarin Chinese
Lexeme 1
Lexeme 2 mǔguó (母國, 母国)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 homeland; home country; motherland; fatherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 19
Type Derivation
Language Meadow Mari
Lexeme 1 ава
Lexeme 2 авамланде
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 (bookish) motherland
Reference Marij jylme muter
Comment
NEW Realization 20
Type Derivation
Language Mongolian (Khalkha)
Lexeme 1 эх
Lexeme 2 эх орон
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference BAMRS 2001-2002: 679, 1731
Comment Also эх нутаг
NEW Realization 21
Type Derivation
Language Norwegian
Lexeme 1 moder
Lexeme 2 moderland
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Bokmål and Nynorsk

NEW Realization 22
Type Derivation
Language Oriya
Lexeme 1 mātṛu (ମାତୃ)
Lexeme 2 mātṛubhūmi (ମାତୃଭୂମି)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment

Praharaj, G.C. Pūrṇṇachandra Orḍiā bhāshākosha: a lexicon of the Oriya language. Cuttack: Utkal Sahitya Press, 1931-1940. 6453

NEW Realization 23
Type Internal cognates
Language Polish
Lexeme 1 mać
Lexeme 2 macierz
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 (dated or literary) motherland, country of origin
Reference WSJP
Comment Inherited from Old Polish macierz 'mother'
NEW Realization 24
Type Derivation
Language Portuguese
Lexeme 1 mãe
Lexeme 2 pátria-mãe
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference DPLP
Comment
NEW Realization 25
Type Derivation
Language Serbian
Lexeme 1 мати (mati)
Lexeme 2 матица (matica)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland (in relation to compatriots who are a minority in other countries)
Reference Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 684-685
Comment
NEW Realization 26
Type Derivation
Language Shan
Lexeme 1 mɛ3 (မႄႈ)
Lexeme 2 mɛ3 mɤŋ4 taj4 ( မႄႈမိူင်းတႆး)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland Shan State, mother Shan State
Reference SEAlang Shan
Comment
NEW Realization 27
Type Derivation
Language Southern Min (Min Nan)
Lexeme 1 bó / bú (母)
Lexeme 2 bó-kok / bú-kok (母國, 母国)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment
NEW Realization 28
Type Derivation
Language Swedish
Lexeme 1 moder
Lexeme 2 moderland
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland

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Reference SAO
Comment
NEW Realization 29
Type Derivation
Language Tagalog
Lexeme 1 iná
Lexeme 2 ináng bayan
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference SEAlang Tagalog
Comment
NEW Realization 30
Type Derivation
Language Tai Nuea (Dehong)
Lexeme 1 me6
Lexeme 2 təŋ2 ʔu4 me6
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference Luo Yongxian 1999: 91, 183
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 31
Type Derivation
Language Tamil
Lexeme 1 tāy
Lexeme 2 tāynāṭu
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 homeland
Reference Cre-A Tamil: 530
Comment
ACCEPTED Realization 32
Type Derivation
Language Tamil
Lexeme 1 tāy
Lexeme 2 tāyakam
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference Cre-A Tamil: 530
Comment
NEW Realization 33
Type Derivation
Language Thai
Lexeme 1 maa-dtù (มาตุ)
Lexeme 2 maa-dtù-puum (มาตุภูมิ)
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference SEAlang Thai
Comment
NEW Realization 34
Type Derivation
Language Yakut
Lexeme 1 ийэ
Lexeme 2 ийэ дойду
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference SakhaTyla.Ru
Comment
NEW Realization 35
Type Derivation
Language Yiddish
Lexeme 1 muter
Lexeme 2 muterland
Meaning 1 mother
Direction
Meaning 2 motherland
Reference <personally collected data>
Comment