Kilo Lingo

mother

/ˈmʌðə/

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Translation

A woman who has a child; your female parent.

Word origin

From Old English modor, the word for a female parent, shared across many old languages.

Origin
Old English
Root
modor

Grammar

Gender
Pluralmothers

Examples

mother makes very bread.

"Mother" means your female parent.

is mother three children.

"Mother" here means the woman who has the children.

Many mothers came school meeting.

"Mothers" is the plural, meaning more than one mother.

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This word is part of lesson 4.