Is there a list somewhere?
2006-08-25 03:52:44 · 31 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Hey Pusspussgeroux,
Yes, I've thought about that too...like in the word mother, the use of the syllable "ma", to designate a grandma, is common to several languages. I think Freud made some comments on that, too.
Here, this a great list: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grandmother
2006-08-25 04:01:36 · answer #1 · answered by اري 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Grandma = Nenek In Indonesian language
2006-08-25 03:56:03 · answer #2 · answered by Ray 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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How do you say Grandma in every language?
Is there a list somewhere?
2015-08-10 22:49:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Malay:Nenek
Javanese:Nyaie
Indian:pathi(pronounced as Pati)
Spanish:abuelita
french:grandmère
german:Oma
Italian:nonna
Dutch:De grootmoeder
Portugese:avó
Russian:бабушка
Norweigan:bestemamma
Chinese:Ah Ma
Boyanese:wawa
2006-08-25 04:03:58 · answer #4 · answered by ms_rar 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In Hindi:
Dadi=father's mother(Paternal grandmother)
Nani=Mother's mother(Maternal grandmother)
In Spanish:
Abuela
2006-08-25 04:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by Ashok Pipal (India) 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Yiddish: Oisveltigeh Mentschen hubben mich gekhapt. Mein Bubbeh hut Gegessen Mein HeimArbeit Ein Muhl bin ich gevein farbludzhet in mein aigeneh Schluftzimmer. There really is no word for aliens so i just translated it literally as people from another world. I think is very funny.
2016-03-15 04:59:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Turkish;
grandma = büyükanne
2006-08-25 03:57:51 · answer #7 · answered by Irmak 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Turkish;
Büyükanne can be used for both paternal and maternal grandma. But more commonly, anneanne and babaanne are used for maternal grandma and paternal grandma respectively.
"anne" means mother and "baba" means father in Turkish.
2006-08-25 08:03:49 · answer #8 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In Greek, Grandma is called "Γιαγιά(Giagia)".
2006-08-26 03:29:58 · answer #9 · answered by firefly 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Japanese:
* obaasan (someone else's grandma; any old lady in general)
* sobo (your own grandma)
2006-08-25 16:26:17 · answer #10 · answered by Ada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋