mimmey

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Manx

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Etymology

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From Old Irish muimme (nurse, foster mother). Cognate with Irish and Scottish Gaelic muime, buime (foster mother, nurse).

Noun

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mimmey f (genitive singular mimmey, plural mimmaghyn)

  1. (female) guardian, foster mother
    Synonym: moir gholtee
  2. godmother
  3. sponsor

Coordinate terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mimmey vimmey unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.