Mäme

See also: mame, mamé, mamę, máme, and māme

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Possibly from Old Frisian *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, or otherwise simply a nursery word.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːmə/
  • Hyphenation: Mä‧me
  • Rhymes: -ɛːmə

Noun

Mäme f (plural Mämen)

  1. mum, mummy

Usage notes
  • Mäme is used to denote one's own mother. To describe the concept of a mother in itself, the word Múur is used, while when addressing a mother of someone else, the word Mama is used.

Coordinate terms
  • Babe (“dad, daddy”)

References
  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Mäme”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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