英语词汇“Indo-European root: mā-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: mā-

释义

‌‌mā-²
Mother. A linguistic near-universal found in many of the world's languages, often in reduplicated form.

mamma², mammal, mammilla, mamoncillo, from Latin mamma, breast.
Probably from this root is Greek Maia, "good mother" (respectful form of address to old women), also nurse Maia, maieutic; maiasaura.
mama, more recently formed in the same way.

[Pokorny 3. mā 694.]

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