máamu uncle; mother's brother

Part of Speech n.masc
Inflection Class Irr (Obl): máama, (Pl): maamayeé, maamayá, (Pl obl): maamayúm
    • uncle; mother's brother
      • Example 1096:
        utsuṇḍá be ba se kaafiraán ba se ba tasíi maamayá de.
        utsúṇḍ
        <place>
        -a
        -obl
        be
        go
        -í
        -CV
        ba
        top
        se
        REM
        kaafír
        infidel
        -aán
        -pl
        ba
        top
        se
        3pl.nom
        ba
        top
        tasíi
        3sg.gen
        maamayá
        uncle.pl
        de
        pst
        He went to Urtsun and the infidels there were his maternal uncles.
        Source:
        A:BEZ076
      • Example 1277:
        sábur tha, míi maamayúm xabaár dúum.
        sábur
        patience
        the
        do
        míi
        1sg.gen
        maamayúm
        uncle.pl.obl
        xabaár
        news
        de
        give
        -um
        -1sg
        Just wait and I will inform my uncles.
        Source:
        A:HUA109
      • Example 1278:
        ma ta máamii bakaraál, máamu ba díišii bakaraál.
        ma
        1sg.nom
        ta
        DS
        máamu
        mother's.brother
        -ii
        -gen
        bakaraál
        shepherd
        máamu
        mother's.brother
        ba
        top
        déeš
        village
        -ii
        -gen
        bakaraál
        shepherd
        While I am my uncle's shepherd, my uncle is the shepherd of the village. [Proverb]
        Source:
        A:NH12:1:046

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