Telugu · noun

అమ్మ

amma‘female parent’
simplex — no productive affix

The same meaning in all five languages

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English
mother
mother
French
mère
mère
Hindi
माताmātā
माता
Telugu
అమ్మamma
అమ్మ
Tamil
அம்மாammā
அம்மா
  • motherEnglish⟷mèreFrench· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • motherEnglish⟷माताHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • mèreFrench⟷माताHindi· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor
  • அம்மாTamil⟷అమ్మTelugu· cognates — inherited from one common ancestor

How the graph explains it

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  1. 01అమ్మ (amma) is a Telugu noun with no productive affixal segmentation (simplex).1 step
    • rulerule:simplex
  2. 02Its meaning ('female parent') can be approximated as SOMEONE in the Suffeffix atom interlingua.2 steps
  3. 03అమ్మ is inherited from Reconstructed:Proto-Dravidian *amma ‘mother (nursery word)’ (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:mother-pdr-te0.70
    • sourcekrishnamurti0.70
  4. 04అమ్మ is cognate with ta அம்மா (confidence 0.70).3 steps
    • rulerule:etymology-hop
    • edgeedge:mother-cog-ta-te0.70
    • sourcekrishnamurti0.70
  5. 05Aligned forms: English mother (translation equivalent); French mère (translation equivalent); Hindi माता (mātā) (translation equivalent); Tamil அம்மா (ammā) (cognate).1 step
    • rulerule:alignment

Where it came from

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  1. *ammaReconstructed:Proto-Dravidian— inherited →అమ్మ accepted
    krishnamurti0.70
  2. அம்மாTamil— cognate →అమ్మ accepted
    krishnamurti0.70