What do you call your "Mother" in your language?

India
November 13, 2006 3:46am CST
We call our mother as "Amma" in kannada
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24 responses
prasad1961
@prasad1961 (5597)
• India
24 Nov 06
We call our mother as "Amma" in Telugu. It has very near closeness to kannada.
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
27 Nov 06
Yes, Telugu and Kannada are having few common words
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
27 Nov 06
Yes, Telugu and Kannada are having few words in common
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
27 Nov 06
Yes, Telugu and Kannada are having few words in common
gem_ruth_c
@gem_ruth_c (87)
• Philippines
29 Nov 06
my dearest "mamang", this is a filipino word. been calling my mom with this since birth... (?) heehee!
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
30 Nov 06
"mamang" is nice
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
30 Nov 06
"mamang" is nice
fl0urish
@fl0urish (5384)
• India
24 Nov 06
are you from banglore ??....well i can speak kanada...and i call my mom mummy
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
27 Nov 06
nice to know that you can speak kannada
tableknife1982
@tableknife1982 (2073)
• China
27 Nov 06
in chinese, we call mama. or niang
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
29 Nov 06
Thanks mom!!
mimpi
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
24 Nov 06
i call my mother MAA
independent1
@independent1 (309)
• India
30 Nov 06
I TOOL CALL MY MOTHER MAA... JUS TLIKE YOU..
golker
@golker (155)
• China
24 Nov 06
"niang"
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
24 Nov 06
"niang" I love it
sameera786
@sameera786 (650)
• South Africa
22 Nov 06
Mamma in Afrikaans
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
24 Nov 06
Thanks for your response
istanto
@istanto (8548)
• Indonesia
13 Nov 06
I call my mother "ibu" in indonesian.
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
21 Nov 06
sounds nice
lauraaxe
@lauraaxe (1597)
• Italy
13 Nov 06
In Italian is mamma
shreerashmi
@shreerashmi (203)
• India
13 Nov 06
hey! is it not strange, only one letter difference!
cr1st1nel
@cr1st1nel (3564)
• Romania
24 Nov 06
In my contry to mother we say mama
CrazyP
@CrazyP (947)
• Canada
24 Nov 06
in english its mom or other in french in maman or mere
MIO82001
@MIO82001 (594)
• Romania
24 Nov 06
IN ROMANIAN IS MAMA !!
raja_pro
@raja_pro (923)
• India
24 Nov 06
i will camm amma in tamil.....
5384873
@5384873 (377)
• Malaysia
30 Nov 06
mama
sherinek
@sherinek (3320)
• United States
13 Nov 06
Its Amma in Sinhalese as well. (Sri Lanka). Nice to know that you do too.
evil_little_bitch420
@evil_little_bitch420 (1046)
• United States
24 Nov 06
Ma!!!!!!!!
justnitya
@justnitya (1392)
• India
13 Nov 06
amma in malayalam
manzician
@manzician (4727)
• India
24 Nov 06
Ma...
SViswan
@SViswan (12051)
• India
22 Nov 06
It's Amma in Malayalam too. I think it's amma in most of the Indian languages. Very few Indian languages have a different word for mother...'Ai' in Marathi for example.
pinkdelyt
@pinkdelyt (192)
• Philippines
24 Nov 06
in filipno, it is either "inay" or "nanay" or "mama"