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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German muome, from Old High German muoma, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother, aunt”). Cognate with German Muhme, Middle English mome (“aunt, affectionate term for an older woman”), English mom (“mother”).
Pronunciation
Noun
מומע • (mume) f, plural מומעס (mumes)
- aunt
- Synonyms: (dialectal or Daytshmerish) טאַנטע (tante), (Western Yiddish) מעמעלע (memele)
- lady that runs a brothel, madam
Usage notes
This is one of few Yiddish nouns to inflect, optionally becoming מומען (mumen) in the dative, and מומעס (mumes) in the possessive.