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"ref": "1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 42",
"text": "The social organization of the Trobriand Islanders of Melane-\nsia is characterized by matrilineal descent, free and familiar rela-\ntions between father and son, and a marked antagonism between\nmaternal uncle and nephew.³¹ On the other hand, the patrilineal\nCherkess of the Caucasus place the hostility between father and\nson, while the maternal uncle assists his nephew and gives him a\nhorse when he marries.³²",
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"The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.)"
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"related": [
{
"word": "maternal aunt"
},
{
"word": "paternal uncle"
},
{
"word": "uterine nephew"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "dajë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "xhaxha"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāl",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خَال"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿeṙi",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "քեռի"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "moreġbayr",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "մորեղբայր"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥālā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܚܵܠܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mama",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "মামা"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "khalu",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "খালু"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vujčo",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вуйчо"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "malume"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiùfù",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅父"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiùjiu",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅舅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yífù",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "姨父"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yízhàng",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "姨丈"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "a¹ gu⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "阿舅"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "gu⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "a¹ dion⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "阿丈"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "dion⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "丈"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "dayı"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ujec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "blood maternal uncle",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "morbror"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "in-law maternal uncle / informal",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "onkel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oom"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Flemish",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nonkel"
},
{
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "wɔfa"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morbróðir"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "móðurbróðir"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mammubeiggi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "eno"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "enopuoli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oncle maternel"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "biʒa dedis mxridan",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ბიძა დედის მხრიდან"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oheim"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "Onkel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "theíos",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "θείος"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "angak"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "rafani"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "kawu"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dod",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דּוֹד"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मामा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "anyai nagybácsi (ágról való)"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "móðurbróðir"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "oncle"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zio materno"
},
{
"code": "kab",
"lang": "Kabyle",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zizi"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"english": "mother's brother",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "mām",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "مام"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "māsuv",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ماسُو"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "oesamchon",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "외삼촌"
},
{
"code": "ksi",
"lang": "Krisa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "wini"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "xall",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "خاڵ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "xal"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avunculus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vujko",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вујко"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ammāvaṉ",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "അമ്മാവന്"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "braar mayrey"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "zama"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मामा"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mmà"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ēam"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amnair"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dayı",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "دایی"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ماما"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dâ'i",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "دایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wuj"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wujek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "tio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "tio materno"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "kaka"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "kaku"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "unchi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "unchi după mamă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja po máteri",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя по ма́тери"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja po materínskoj línii",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя по матери́нской ли́нии"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mātula",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मातुल"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mither-brither"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "eme"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bràthair-màthar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̏ја̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "да̀иџа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "те́так"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "течо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȕjāk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "dàidža"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tétak"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "tečo"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "මාමා"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stric"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dundo"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "abti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tío"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tío materno"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mjomba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "morbror"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "onkel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mors svåger"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ingift morbror"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "மாமா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"english": "mother’s elder brother-in-law",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "periyappa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "பெரியப்ப"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"english": "mother’s younger brother-in-law",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "citappa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "சிதப்ப"
},
{
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mį̏mína"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "māma",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "మామ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "mother’s elder brother; lung",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ลุง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "mother’s younger brother",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "náa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "น้า"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "a zhang",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ཨ་ཞང"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "dayı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "enişte"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"note": "cậu (for both elder and younger than mother, mostly for southerners; for northerners bác is for the elder one, chú for the younger one)",
"sense": "brother of one's mother"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "omke"
}
]
}
],
"word": "maternal uncle"
}
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "maternal uncles",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "maternal uncle (plural maternal uncles)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "maternal aunt"
},
{
"word": "paternal uncle"
},
{
"word": "uterine nephew"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Assyrian Neo-Aramaic terms with redundant transliterations",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms with quotations",
"Macedonian terms with redundant script codes",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"Marathi terms with redundant script codes",
"Pages using discouraged character sequences",
"Sinhalese terms with redundant script codes",
"Tamil terms with redundant script codes",
"Telugu terms with redundant script codes",
"Tibetan terms with redundant script codes",
"Translation hubs",
"en:Male family members"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1963, Claude Lévy-Strauss, Structural Anthropology, New York: Basic Books, page 42",
"text": "The social organization of the Trobriand Islanders of Melane-\nsia is characterized by matrilineal descent, free and familiar rela-\ntions between father and son, and a marked antagonism between\nmaternal uncle and nephew.³¹ On the other hand, the patrilineal\nCherkess of the Caucasus place the hostility between father and\nson, while the maternal uncle assists his nephew and gives him a\nhorse when he marries.³²",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The brother or brother-in-law of one’s mother. (This entry is a translation hub.)"
],
"links": [
[
"brother",
"brother"
],
[
"brother-in-law",
"brother-in-law"
],
[
"mother",
"mother"
],
[
"translation hub",
"Appendix:Glossary#translation_hub"
]
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "dajë"
},
{
"code": "sq",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "xhaxha"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḵāl",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "خَال"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿeṙi",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "քեռի"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "moreġbayr",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"rare"
],
"word": "մորեղբայր"
},
{
"code": "aii",
"lang": "Assyrian Neo-Aramaic",
"roman": "ḥālā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ܚܵܠܵܐ"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "mama",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "মামা"
},
{
"code": "bn",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "khalu",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "খালু"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vujčo",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вуйчо"
},
{
"code": "ny",
"lang": "Chichewa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "malume"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiùfù",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅父"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiùjiu",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅舅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiùfù",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅父"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "jiùjiu",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅舅"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yífù",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "姨父"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yízhàng",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "姨丈"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "a¹ gu⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "阿舅"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "gu⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "舅"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "a¹ dion⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "阿丈"
},
{
"code": "nan-tws",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Teochew",
"roman": "dion⁶",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "丈"
},
{
"code": "crh",
"lang": "Crimean Tatar",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "dayı"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ujec"
},
{
"code": "da",
"english": "blood maternal uncle",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "morbror"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"note": "in-law maternal uncle / informal",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "onkel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oom"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Flemish",
"masculine"
],
"word": "nonkel"
},
{
"code": "ee",
"lang": "Ewe",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "wɔfa"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "morbróðir"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "móðurbróðir"
},
{
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mammubeiggi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "eno"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "enopuoli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "oncle maternel"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "biʒa dedis mxridan",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ბიძა დედის მხრიდან"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Oheim"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"rare"
],
"word": "Onkel"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "theíos",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "θείος"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "angak"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "rafani"
},
{
"code": "ha",
"lang": "Hausa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "kawu"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "dod",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "דּוֹד"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मामा"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "anyai nagybácsi (ágról való)"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "móðurbróðir"
},
{
"code": "ia",
"lang": "Interlingua",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "oncle"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zio"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zio materno"
},
{
"code": "kab",
"lang": "Kabyle",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "zizi"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"english": "mother's brother",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "mām",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "مام"
},
{
"code": "ks",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Kashmiri",
"roman": "māsuv",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ماسُو"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "oesamchon",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "외삼촌"
},
{
"code": "ksi",
"lang": "Krisa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "wini"
},
{
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "xall",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "خاڵ"
},
{
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "xal"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "avunculus"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vujko",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вујко"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "ammāvaṉ",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "അമ്മാവന്"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "braar mayrey"
},
{
"code": "swb",
"lang": "Maore Comorian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "zama"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मामा"
},
{
"code": "nup",
"lang": "Nupe",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mmà"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ēam"
},
{
"code": "sga",
"lang": "Old Irish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "amnair"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "dayı",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "دایی"
},
{
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ماما"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "dâ'i",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "دایی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wuj"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wujek"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "tio"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "tio materno"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "kaka"
},
{
"code": "qu",
"lang": "Quechua",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "kaku"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "unchi"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "unchi după mamă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja po máteri",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя по ма́тери"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "djádja po materínskoj línii",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "дя́дя по матери́нской ли́нии"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "mātula",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "मातुल"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mither-brither"
},
{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "eme"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "bràthair-màthar"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "у̏ја̄к"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "да̀иџа"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "те́так"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "течо"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ȕjāk"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "dàidža"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "tétak"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine",
"nonstandard",
"regional"
],
"word": "tečo"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "මාමා"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "stric"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dundo"
},
{
"code": "so",
"lang": "Somali",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "abti"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tío"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tío materno"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mjomba"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "morbror"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "onkel"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "mors svåger"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ingift morbror"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "māmā",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "மாமா"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"english": "mother’s elder brother-in-law",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "periyappa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "பெரியப்ப"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"english": "mother’s younger brother-in-law",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "citappa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "சிதப்ப"
},
{
"code": "twf",
"lang": "Taos",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "mį̏mína"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "māma",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "మామ"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "mother’s elder brother; lung",
"lang": "Thai",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ลุง"
},
{
"code": "th",
"english": "mother’s younger brother",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "náa",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "น้า"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "a zhang",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "ཨ་ཞང"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "dayı"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"english": "mother's brother-in-law",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"word": "enişte"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"note": "cậu (for both elder and younger than mother, mostly for southerners; for northerners bác is for the elder one, chú for the younger one)",
"sense": "brother of one's mother"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "brother of one's mother",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "omke"
}
],
"word": "maternal uncle"
}
{
"called_from": "translations/609-20230504",
"msg": "Translation too long compared to word, so it is skipped",
"path": [
"maternal uncle"
],
"section": "English",
"subsection": "noun",
"title": "maternal uncle",
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.