pronunciation: IPA: ˈmʌðə /ˈmʌðə/ ˈmʌðɚ /ˈmʌðɚ/ , SAMPA: /"mVD@/ /"mVD@`/          

Translations into Western Apache:

  • bąą  (Noun, )
     
    one’s female parent
  • bąąhi  (Noun, )
     
    one’s female parent
  • maa  (Noun, )
     
    one’s female parent
  • máá  (Noun, )
     
    one’s female parent

Other meanings:

 
A woman who has at least one child.
 
(figuratively) Any person or entity which performs mothering.
 
(transitive) To treat as a mother would be expected to treat her child; to nurture.
 
mother (term used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
 
(figuratively) A source or origin, viewed affectionately.
 
(polite term for another’s) mother
 
(euphemism, vulgar, slang) motherfucker.
 
mother (address term)
 
(euphemism, colloquial) A striking example.
 
(figuratively) A female ancestor.
 
mother (term commonly used until the end of the Meiji period)
 
mother (quoting term)
 
Something that is the greatest or most significant of its kind.
 
(figuratively) Any elderly woman, especially within a particular community
 
Title of respect for one's mother-in-law
 
(when followed by a surname) A title of respect for one's mother-in-law.
 
female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant
 
A (human) female who (a) parents a child or (b) gives birth to a baby. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be (c).
 
to treat as a mother would be expected to
 
A female parent of an animal.
 
something that is the greatest of its kind

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