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Auteur du fil: Isabel Hohneck
Isabel Hohneck
Isabel Hohneck
Allemagne
Local time: 09:41
anglais
+ ...
Dec 12, 2008

Hello all,

I'd like to invite you to post here how kids call their mother in your language. The more exotic, the better!

Best,

Isabel


 
ozan karakış
ozan karakış
Turquie
Local time: 10:41
anglais vers turc
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Turkish Dec 12, 2008

anne

my son couldn't say that, instead he used 'nenne' for about 2 years


 
Ulgen Unaldi
Ulgen Unaldi  Identity Verified
Membre (2007)
italien vers turc
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In Turkish Dec 12, 2008

In our language it's "Anne"

 
Hendarto Setiadi
Hendarto Setiadi  Identity Verified
Indonésie
Local time: 14:41
anglais vers indonésien
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In Bahasa Indonesia Dec 12, 2008

The commonly used word for Mama in Indonesia is "ibu". Other words in use here include: bunda, bundo, ibunda, emak, mama(h), mami, umi

 
Päivikki Eriksson (X)
Päivikki Eriksson (X)  Identity Verified
Suède
Local time: 09:41
suédois vers finnois
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In Finnish Dec 12, 2008

In my native language: äiti.

 
Subhan Fakhrizada
Subhan Fakhrizada  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 03:41
anglais vers Pachto (Pachtoune)
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In Pashto Afghanistan Dec 12, 2008

In Pashto, the most commonly used name is Adee.

 
smarinella
smarinella  Identity Verified
Italie
Local time: 09:41
allemand vers italien
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Italian is not exotic enough, I'm afraid... Dec 12, 2008

I tell it all the same:

mamma, mammina, mammina bella,

I like to remember that 'mamma' comes from Lat. 'mamma' = mamma, breast


 
sivtufte
sivtufte  Identity Verified
Norvège
Local time: 09:41
anglais vers Norvégien (Bokmål)
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Mamma Dec 12, 2008

The Norwegian word is straight out "mamma", but some use the old fashion word: "mor"

 
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Tatiana Lammers
Tatiana Lammers  Identity Verified
États-Unis
Membre (2008)
anglais vers russe
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Мама Dec 12, 2008

Мама, мамочка (mama, mAmochka) - that's how we call our Moms in Russia

 
Liliana Roman-Hamilton
Liliana Roman-Hamilton  Identity Verified
Local time: 00:41
anglais vers italien
In Romanian Dec 12, 2008

Mamă, mămică.

 
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT
Tomás Cano Binder, BA, CT  Identity Verified
Espagne
Local time: 09:41
Membre (2005)
anglais vers espagnol
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Spanish: mamá Dec 12, 2008

Good luck!

 
Melanie Wittwer
Melanie Wittwer  Identity Verified
Nouvelle-Zélande
Local time: 19:41
anglais vers allemand
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NZ Maori Dec 12, 2008

Mama or hakui (stress on first syllable)

 
Idoia Echenique
Idoia Echenique  Identity Verified
Espagne
Local time: 09:41
anglais vers espagnol
In Basque Dec 12, 2008

Ama. And the familiar form would be "amatxo".

[Edited at 2008-12-12 23:39 GMT]


 
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Sabine Akabayov, PhD
Israël
Local time: 10:41
Membre (2011)
anglais vers allemand
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in Hebrew Dec 12, 2008

it's ima

 
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