See grandma on Wiktionary
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"word": "جِدَّة"
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"word": "տատի"
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"word": "ბებო"
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"word": "할머니"
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"code": "th",
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"ref": "[c. 1890], Mary J[ane] Holmes, “Terrace Hill”, in Bad Hugh; or, The Diamond in the Rough (The Chimney Corner Series; 135), New York, N.Y.: F[rank] M[oore] Lupton, →OCLC, page 15, column 1:",
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"ref": "2003, Catherine Kimrey, chapter 14, in When We All Get to Heaven, Washington, D.C.: Washington Writers’ Publishing House, →ISBN, page 92:",
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"ref": "2007, Lauri Robinson, chapter 14, in A Wife for Big John, Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:",
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"ref": "2017, Kristy Acevedo, chapter 21, in Contribute, Mendota Heights, Minn.: Jolly Fish Press, →ISBN, page 238:",
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"ref": "2002, Thomas L. Jackson, “Mission”, in In Any Given Moment, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 273:",
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"ref": "2006, Jennifer Brown, “The Grill Drill”, in Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Maria Nickless, Elisa Morgan, Carol McAdoo Rehme, Chicken Soup for the Mother of Preschooler’s Soul: Stories to Refresh and Rekindle the Spirit of Moms of Little Ones (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, section 8 (Through the Eyes of a Child), page 185:",
"text": "“I don’t want you to be a grandma.” / But why, I wondered, worried that he perceived some defect in my grandma-ing ability. Doesn’t he think I’ll be a good grandma?",
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"ref": "2011 February 15, Larry Troxel, “Grandma’ing”, in Poems, Prn, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 19:",
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"ref": "2012, Timothy Montler, “síyaʔ”, in “Klallam-English Dictionary”, in Klallam Dictionary, Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 381, column 1:",
"text": "2. to act like a grandparent (moving slowly and carefully). {ʔuʔhúy t suʔsíyaʔs. She was just grandma-ing. (MJT)}",
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"ref": "2013, Kelsey Timmerman, “The Starbucks Experience”, in Where Am I Eating? An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, part I (Coffee: Product of Colombia), page 17:",
"text": "Her apron looks like a black belt in grandma-ing.",
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{
"word": "grandma chic"
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{
"word": "great-grandma"
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{
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{
"word": "teach grandma how to suck eggs"
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"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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"lang": "Arabic",
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"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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"word": "جِدَّة"
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{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tati",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "տատի"
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "tatik",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "տատիկ"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "iaia"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "oma"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "bebo",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "ბებო"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "Oma"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "Omi"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "giagiá",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "γιαγιά"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "sávta",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "סָבְתָא"
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{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "baabuška"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"code": "it",
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"word": "nonna"
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"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "halmeoni",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "할머니"
},
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"code": "lv",
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"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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"code": "mk",
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"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
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"word": "ба́ба"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "nek"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Groosma"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "babcia"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
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"word": "vovó"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "bunicuță"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "bábuška",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "ба́бушка"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "babúsja",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "бабу́ся"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "babúlja",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "бабу́ля"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bába",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́ба"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "babúnja",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"regional"
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"word": "бабу́ня"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́ка"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
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"word": "báka"
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{
"code": "st",
"lang": "Sotho",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "nkgono"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "abuela"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "abuelita"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"english": "paternal",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "farmor"
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{
"code": "sv",
"english": "maternal",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mormor"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "paternal",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yâa",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "ย่า"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "maternal",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "yaai",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "ยาย"
},
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "babúsja",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "бабу́ся"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "bábcja",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ба́бця"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "grandmother (informal)",
"word": "lemotül"
}
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"ref": "[c. 1890], Mary J[ane] Holmes, “Terrace Hill”, in Bad Hugh; or, The Diamond in the Rough (The Chimney Corner Series; 135), New York, N.Y.: F[rank] M[oore] Lupton, →OCLC, page 15, column 1:",
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"ref": "2003, Catherine Kimrey, chapter 14, in When We All Get to Heaven, Washington, D.C.: Washington Writers’ Publishing House, →ISBN, page 92:",
"text": "“But Grandma—,” I said. […] “And don’t you go ‘Grandma-ing’ me neither,” she said.",
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{
"ref": "2007, Lauri Robinson, chapter 14, in A Wife for Big John, Adams Basin, N.Y.: The Wild Rose Press, →ISBN:",
"text": "“Gran-” Nancy started. / “Quit Grandma-ing me girl.[…]” Grandma Wilson insisted.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2017, Kristy Acevedo, chapter 21, in Contribute, Mendota Heights, Minn.: Jolly Fish Press, →ISBN, page 238:",
"text": "“He can be my doctor anytime.” / “Grandma, eww!” / “Oh, stop grandma-ing me. You know I hate that. Come introduce us.”",
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"(informal, rare, transitive) To address (someone) as “grandma”."
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"ref": "2002, Thomas L. Jackson, “Mission”, in In Any Given Moment, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN, page 273:",
"text": "And what about Cliff working on cars and painting signs, and Wendy working nights to take care of that baby, and young Allen raking leaves for everyone, and Doris grandmaing folks, and wounded folks bouncing back to life . . . ?”",
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"ref": "2006, Jennifer Brown, “The Grill Drill”, in Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Maria Nickless, Elisa Morgan, Carol McAdoo Rehme, Chicken Soup for the Mother of Preschooler’s Soul: Stories to Refresh and Rekindle the Spirit of Moms of Little Ones (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Deerfield Beach, Fla.: Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, section 8 (Through the Eyes of a Child), page 185:",
"text": "“I don’t want you to be a grandma.” / But why, I wondered, worried that he perceived some defect in my grandma-ing ability. Doesn’t he think I’ll be a good grandma?",
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"ref": "2011 February 15, Larry Troxel, “Grandma’ing”, in Poems, Prn, Bloomington, Ind.: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 19:",
"text": "Each is grandma’s favorite child / For them, ever tireless and without guile / They have a special place in her heart / She makes grandma’ing a work of art.",
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},
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"ref": "2012, Timothy Montler, “síyaʔ”, in “Klallam-English Dictionary”, in Klallam Dictionary, Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press, →ISBN, page 381, column 1:",
"text": "2. to act like a grandparent (moving slowly and carefully). {ʔuʔhúy t suʔsíyaʔs. She was just grandma-ing. (MJT)}",
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"ref": "2013, Kelsey Timmerman, “The Starbucks Experience”, in Where Am I Eating? An Adventure Through the Global Food Economy, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., →ISBN, part I (Coffee: Product of Colombia), page 17:",
"text": "Her apron looks like a black belt in grandma-ing.",
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