Mêtî

Muhme

Mane (Îngilîzî)

aunt (usually the mother's sister)

Têgeh

خاتۆ

پوور

خان

Berevajî
Base, Vaterschwester
Hevwate

Tantchen

Befühlte

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈmuːmə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

From Middle High German muome, from Old High German *muoma, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother, aunt”). Cognate with Yiddish מומע (mume), Middle English mome (“aunt, affectionate term for an older woman”), English mom (“mother”), Russian мама (mama, “mother”).

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