"ima" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /ʔiˈmaʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ʔɪˈmaʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: imâ [canonical], ᜁᜋ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aʔ Etymology: Possibly borrowed from Hokkien 引媽 /引妈 (ín-má). Compare Kapampangan ima. Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:bor<unc>|nan-hbl:引媽|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "transliteration" : "ín-má", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Hokkien", "term" : "引媽", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "nan-hbl" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "ima", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="ima"> Possibly borrowed from Hokkien 引媽 /引妈 (ín-má)., {{cog|pam|ima}} Kapampangan ima, {{ety|tl|:bor<unc>|nan-hbl:引媽|text=+|tree=1}} Possibly borrowed from Hokkien 引媽 /引妈 (ín-má). Head templates: {{tl-noun|imâ|b=+}} imâ (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ)
  1. mother Synonyms: mama, inay, ina, nanay, inang, nanang, mami Related terms: ama, angkong, impo, inso, ingkong
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    ],
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          "mother",
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      "form": "ᜁᜋ",
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    },
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      "word": "impo"
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        "Tagalog 2-syllable words",
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        "Tagalog entries with etymology texts",
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        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog nouns",
        "Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien",
        "Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
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        "mother"
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          "word": "mama"
        },
        {
          "word": "inay"
        },
        {
          "word": "ina"
        },
        {
          "word": "nanay"
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          "word": "inang"
        },
        {
          "word": "nanang"
        },
        {
          "word": "mami"
        }
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ʔɪˈmaʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʔ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ima"
}

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