ebe

Meaning

  1. midwife
  2. it, tagger, the player who tries to catch others in the game of tag.
  3. (obsolete) granny

Frequency

28k
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɛˈbɛ]
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish ابه (ebe, “midwife”), from Proto-Turkic *ēpe (“grandmother”).

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