amama

Basque

Etymology

Reduplication of ama (“mother”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amama/ [a.ma.ma]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ama, -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma‧ma

Noun

amama anim

  1. grandmother
    Synonym: amona

Declension

Declension of amama (anim a-stem)
indefinite singular plural proximal plural
absolutive amama amama amamak amamok
ergative amamak amamak amamek amamok
dative amamari amamari amamei amamoi
genitive amamaren amamaren amamen amamon
comitative amamarekin amamarekin amamekin amamokin
causative amamarengatik amamarengatik amamengatik amamongatik
benefactive amamarentzat amamarentzat amamentzat amamontzat
instrumental amamaz amamaz amamez amamotaz
innesive amamarengan amamarengan amamengan amamongan
locative — — — —
allative amamarengana amamarengana amamengana amamongana
terminative amamarenganaino amamarenganaino amamenganaino amamonganaino
directive amamarenganantz amamarenganantz amamenganantz amamonganantz
destinative amamarenganako amamarenganako amamenganako amamonganako
ablative amamarengandik amamarengandik amamengandik amamongandik
partitive amamarik — — —
prolative amamatzat — — —

Descendants

  • → Spanish: amama

Further reading

  • “amama”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
  • “amama”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque amama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmama/ [aˈma.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧ma

Noun

amama f (plural amamas)

  1. (Basque Country) grandma

Tagalog

Etymology

Contraction of ama +‎ ng +‎ ama.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈmama/ [ʔɐˈmaː.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: a‧ma‧ma

Noun

amama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜋ) (Quezon)

  1. grandfather
    Synonyms: lolo, lelong, ingkong, mamay, apo, abwelo, (Quezon) ama, (archaic) agwelo
    Coordinate term: inana

Further reading

  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1971), A Lexicographic Study of Tayabas Tagalog of Quezon Province, Quezon City: Diliman Review, page 30

Taivoan

Noun

amama

  1. grandmother

References

  • “amama”, in Taivoan Dictionary (in Chinese), Taiwan, 2026
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