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"etymology_text": "The sound, which parents interpret as a reference to themselves, is very commonly made by infants. For more on the linguistic process whereby infants' monosyllables are tied to ancient word roots for parents, see mama, papa, mātēr, and patēr.",
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"text": "Once the silky gent who ran a barge called the Knuckle Sandwich tried to persuade Borglum's ma and da to sell him their little dwarfish boy for twelve gold coins.",
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"word": "maw"
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"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
"word": "äiskä"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
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"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
"word": "დე"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
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"feminine"
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"code": "de",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "it",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
"word": "مامان"
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{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "mama"
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
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"feminine"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "colloquial form of mother",
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"feminine"
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"code": "uk",
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"feminine"
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