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Kannada
Etymology
Cognate to Telugu మామ (māma), Tamil மாமன் (māmaṉ), Malayalam മാമൻ (māmaṉ), and Tulu ಮಾಮೈ (māmai).
Pronunciation
Noun
ಮಾವ • (māva)
- father-in-law; mother's brother
Declension
Case/Form
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Singular
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Plural
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Nominative
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ಮಾವವು (māvavu)
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ಮಾವಗಳು (māvagaḷu)
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Accusative
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ಮಾವವನ್ನು (māvavannu)
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ಮಾವಗಳನ್ನು (māvagaḷannu)
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Instrumental
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ಮಾವದಿಂದ (māvadinda)
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ಮಾವಗಳಿಂದ (māvagaḷinda)
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Dative
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ಮಾವಕ್ಕೆ (māvakke)
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ಮಾವಗಳಿಗೆ (māvagaḷige)
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Genitive
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ಮಾವದ (māvada)
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ಮಾವಗಳ (māvagaḷa)
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Descendants
References
- Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಮಾವ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971