מחותּנתטע
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Yiddish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hebrew מחותנת \ מְחֻתֶּנֶת (m'khuténet) + ־טע (-te).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
מחותּנתטע • (mekhuteneste) f, plural מחותּנתטעס (mekhutenestes)
- female relative by marriage, especially son-in-law's or daughter-in-law's mother; female equivalent of מחותּן (mekhutn)
Further reading[edit]
- Map of dialectal variants for "female relative by marriage" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz