mem

Meaning

mother, mom

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɛm/

Etymology

Inherited from Old Frisian: *mōme

Cognate with English: mum

In summary

Probably from Old Frisian *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā. Compare English mum.

Sentences

Alles wat mem seit, is hielendal wier .

Everything mom says is completely true.

As mem song, wie it hiele hûs fleurich.

When mother sang, the whole house was cheerful.

Wy hiene noch nea heard dat mem soks sei.

We had never heard mother say such a thing before.

Har mem krige in beroerte en leit yn it sikehûs .

Her mother suffered a stroke and is in the hospital.

Neffens wat mem seit, moat er in goede skriuwer wêze .

According to what mom says, he must be a good writer.

Yn har lêste brief skreau hja dat har mem ferstoarn wie.

In her last letter she wrote that her mother had died.