{"id":6609,"date":"2026-07-11T12:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T15:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oderalon.net\/linguae\/?p=6609"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T01:36:46","slug":"word-of-the-day-mother-2026-07-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oderalon.net\/linguae\/2026\/07\/11\/word-of-the-day-mother-2026-07-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day: mother [2026-07-11]"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n    .mylanguagestable {\n        width:100%;\n        border-collapse:collapse;\n        }\n    .mylanguagestable tr td:first-child {\n        font-size:50%;\n        }\n    .mylanguagestable tr td:nth-child(2) {\n        font-size:60%;\n        }\n    .mylanguagestable tr td:nth-child(3) {\n        font-size:70%;\n        }\n    .mylanguagestable tr td:nth-child(4) {\n        min-width:33%;\n        }\n    <\/style>\n    <table class=\"mylanguagestable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Indo-European<\/td>\n<td><em>Italic<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Latin\">Latina<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mater, -tris (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Portuguese\">Portugu\u00eas<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>m\u00e3e (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Spanish\">Espa\u00f1ol\/Castellano<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>madre (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Catalan\">Catal\u00e0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mare (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"French\">Fran\u00e7ais<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>m\u00e8re (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Italian\">Italiano<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>madre (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Romanian\">Rom\u00e2n\u0103<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mam\u0103 (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Celtic<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Irish\">Gaeilge<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>m\u00e1thair (f.); g.s. m\u00e1thar<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Welsh\">Cymraeg<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mam (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Germanic<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Old English\">\u00c6nglis\u010b<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>m\u014ddor (f.); g.s. m\u014ddor, m\u0113der<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"English\">English<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mother<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"German\">Deutsch<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Mutter (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Dutch\">Nederlands<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>moeder (f.), pl. moeders<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Swedish\">Svenska<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mamma, mor (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Icelandic\">\u00cdslensk<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mamma, m\u00f3\u00f0ir (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Hellenic<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Ancient Greek\">\u1f19\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u03bc\u03b7\u03c4\u03ad\u03c1\u03b1 (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Modern Greek\">\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u03bc\u03ae\u03c4\u03b7\u03c1, -\u03ad\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2\/-\u03c4\u03c1\u03cc\u03c2 (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Indo-Iranian<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Persian\">\u0641\u0627\u0631\u0633\u06cc<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u0645\u0627\u062f\u0631 (m\u00e2dar)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Sanskrit\">\u0938\u0902\u0938\u094d\u0915\u0943\u0924\u092e\u094d<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u092e\u093e\u0924\u0943, \u092e\u093e\u0924\u0941\u0903 (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Hindi\">\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940<\/strong><strong>\/<\/strong><strong title=\"Urdu\">\u0627\u0631\u062f\u0648<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u092e\u093e\u0924\u093e \/ \u0645\u0627\u062a\u0627 (m\u0101t\u0101) (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Slavic<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Russian\">\u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c, \u043c\u0430\u0301\u043c\u0430 (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Czech\">\u010ce\u0161tina<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>matka, -y (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Polish\">Polski<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>matka, -i; mama, -y (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Other<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Albanian\">Shqip<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>n\u00ebn\u00eb, pl. -a<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Armenian\">\u0540\u0561\u0575\u0565\u0580\u0565\u0576<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u0574\u0561\u0575\u0580 (mayr)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Afro-Asiatic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><em>Semitic<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Akkadian\">\ud808\udc1d\ud808\udd57\ud808\udc7a\ud808\udf11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud808\udcbc, \ud808\udf1d\ud808\ude2c\ud808\udf1d, \ud808\udf1d\ud808\ude2c (\u2060ummum\u2060) (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Arabic\">\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u0623\u0645 (\u0294umm) (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Amharic\">\u12a0\u121b\u122d\u129b<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u12a5\u1293\u1275 (\u02be\u0259nat) (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Chadic<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Hausa\">Harshen Hausa<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>uw\u0101, inn\u00e0 (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Egyptian<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Ancient Egyptian\">\ud80c\udc8b\ud80c\udffa\ud80c\ude16\ud80c\udd8e\ud80c\udd53\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\ude96<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud80c\udd50\ud80c\udfcf\ud80c\udc50 (mwt) (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Coptic\">\u2ca7\u2c99\u2c9b\u0304\u2ca7\u2ca3\u2c99\u0304\u2c9b\u0304\u2c95\u2c8f\u2c99\u2c89<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u2c99\u2c81\u2c81\u2ca9 (maau) (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Cushitic<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Somali\">\ud801\udc96\ud801\udc8d \ud801\udc88\ud801\udc9d\ud801\udc91\ud801\udc9b\ud801\udc90\ud801\udc98<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>hooyo (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Niger-Congo<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><em>Yoruboid<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Yoruba\">\u00c8d\u00e8 Yor\u00f9b\u00e1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00ecy\u00e1, m\u00e0m\u00e1<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Bantu<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Swahili\">Kiswahili<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mzazi (cl. II), mama (cl. IX)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Zulu\">isiZulu<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>(my) umama, (your) unyoko, (his\/her) unina (cl. 1a\/2a)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Finno-Ugric<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><em>Finnic<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Finnish\">Suomi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u00e4iti<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Ugric<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Hungarian\">Magyar<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>anya<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Dravidian<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Telugu\">\u0c24\u0c46\u0c32\u0c41\u0c17\u0c41<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u0c05\u0c2e\u0c4d\u0c2e (amma), \u0c24\u0c32\u0c4d\u0c32\u0c3f (talli) (f.)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Sino-Tibetan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><em>Sinitic<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Mandarin Chinese\">\u4e2d\u6587<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u6bcd\u89aa\/\u6bcd\u4eb2 (m\u01d4q\u012bn), \u6bcd (m\u01d4), \u5abd\u5abd\/\u5988\u5988 (m\u0101ma), \u5abd\/\u5988 (m\u0101)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Tibeto-Burman<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Tibetan\">\u0f63\u0fb7\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f60\u0f72\u0f0b\u0f66\u0f90\u0f51\u0f0b<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u0f68\u0f0b\u0f58 \/\u0294a\u02e5\u02e5.ma\u02e5\u02e5\/, \u0f58 \/ma\u02e9\u02e8\/<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Austroasiatic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Vietnamese\">Ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>m\u00e1, m\u1eb9<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Kra\u2013Dai<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Thai\">\u0e20\u0e32\u0e29\u0e32\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u0e41\u0e21\u0e48 (m\u025b\u0302\u025b)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Austronesian<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><em>Malayic<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Indonesian\">Bahasa Indonesia<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>ibu<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Polynesian<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Hawaiian\">\u02bb\u014clelo Hawai\u02bbi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>makuahine<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Barito<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Malagasy\">Malagasy<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>reny<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Siouan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Lakota\">Lak\u021f\u00f3tiyapi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>in\u00e1<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Uto-Aztecan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Classical Aztec\">N\u0101huatl\u0101ht\u014dlli<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>nantli<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Eskimo\u2013Aleut<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Inuktitut\">\u1403\u14c4\u1483\u144e\u1450\u1466<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u140a\u14c8\u14c7 (anaana)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Tupian<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Classical Tupi\">Abanheenga<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>sy<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Japonic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Japanese\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u304a\u6bcd\u3055\u3093 (\u304a\u304b\u3042\u3055\u3093), \u6bcd (\u306f\u306f)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Koreanic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Korean\">\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\uc5c4\ub9c8 (eomma)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Mongolic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Mongolian\">\u182e\u1823\u1829\u182d\u1823\u182f \u182c\u1821\u182f\u1821<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u044d\u0445 \/ \u1821\u182c\u1821 (ex), \u044d\u044d\u0436 \u1821\u1835\u1822 (ee\u017e)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Mayan<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Maya\">Q\u02bceqchi\u02bc<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>na\u02bc<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Kartvelian<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Georgian\">\u10e5\u10d0\u10e0\u10d7\u10e3\u10da\u10d8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\u10d3\u10d4\u10d3\u10d0 (deda)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Turkic<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Turkish\">T\u00fcrk\u00e7e<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>anne<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\">Other<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><em>Asia<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"border-top: 1px solid black;\"><strong title=\"Sumerian\">\ud808\udd74\ud808\udca0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\ud808\udcbc (ama)<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Americas<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Quechua\">Runasimi<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>mama<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Brazilian Sign Language\">Libras<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Europe<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Basque\">Euskara<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>ama<br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><em>Artificial<\/em><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Klingon\">\uf8e4\uf8e8\uf8dc\uf8d0\uf8db \uf8d6\uf8dd\uf8d9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><br \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><strong title=\"Esperanto\">Esperanto<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>patrino<br 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