"mama" meaning in Rwanda-Rundi

See mama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: māmá [canonical, class-1a], bāmâmá [class-2a, plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *mààmá. Etymology templates: {{inh|rw|bnt-pro|*mààmá}} Proto-Bantu *mààmá Head templates: {{rw-noun|māmá|1a|bāmâmá}} māmá class 1a (plural bāmâmá class 2a)
  1. my mother
    Sense id: en-mama-rw-noun-eSklMeuL
  2. my maternal aunt
    Sense id: en-mama-rw-noun-ZkYHDRnc Categories (other): Rwanda-Rundi entries with incorrect language header, Female family members Disambiguation of Rwanda-Rundi entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Female family members: 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: nyoko (english: your mother), nyina (english: his/her mother), data (english: my father)
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mààmá"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mààmá",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "māmá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-1a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāmâmá",
      "tags": [
        "class-2a",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "māmá",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "bāmâmá"
      },
      "expansion": "māmá class 1a (plural bāmâmá class 2a)",
      "name": "rw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
  "lang_code": "rw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "your mother",
      "word": "nyoko"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "his/her mother",
      "word": "nyina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "my father",
      "word": "data"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "my mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-mama-rw-noun-eSklMeuL",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 78",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Rwanda-Rundi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "rw",
          "name": "Female family members",
          "orig": "rw:Female family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "my maternal aunt"
      ],
      "id": "en-mama-rw-noun-ZkYHDRnc",
      "links": [
        [
          "maternal",
          "maternal"
        ],
        [
          "aunt",
          "aunt"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mama"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 75 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rwanda-Rundi class 1a nouns",
    "Rwanda-Rundi entries with incorrect language header",
    "Rwanda-Rundi lemmas",
    "Rwanda-Rundi nouns",
    "Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from Proto-Bantu",
    "Rwanda-Rundi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu",
    "rw:Female family members",
    "yo:Female family members"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "rw",
        "2": "bnt-pro",
        "3": "*mààmá"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Bantu *mààmá",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "māmá",
      "tags": [
        "canonical",
        "class-1a"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bāmâmá",
      "tags": [
        "class-2a",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "māmá",
        "2": "1a",
        "3": "bāmâmá"
      },
      "expansion": "māmá class 1a (plural bāmâmá class 2a)",
      "name": "rw-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Rwanda-Rundi",
  "lang_code": "rw",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "your mother",
      "word": "nyoko"
    },
    {
      "english": "his/her mother",
      "word": "nyina"
    },
    {
      "english": "my father",
      "word": "data"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "my mother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "my maternal aunt"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "maternal",
          "maternal"
        ],
        [
          "aunt",
          "aunt"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mama"
}

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