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maama

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Dibabawon Manobo

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Noun

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màama

  1. brother

Fula

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Fula-Serer *maam (grandparent), whence also Serer maam (“grandparent”).[1]

Noun

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maama (plural maamiraaɓe ɓe)

  1. (Pular) grandparent, ancestor
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References

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  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022), Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Comparative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 122

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV maama
Brazilian standard maama
New Tribes maama

Alternative forms

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  • mama (Cunucunuma River dialect)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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maama

  1. (Caura River dialect) first-person possessed form of nü
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