Translation
mum, mummy
Word origin
Built inside Esperanto with the affectionate feminine suffix -nj-, which attaches to a clipped bit of a name or kinship word. Patrino ('mother') is cut back to pa- and becomes panjo, exactly as mother becomes mum.
- Origin
- Esperanto affix formation
- Root
- pa(trino) + -nj- + -o
Examples
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Mum, where is my book?
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My mum makes the best bread.
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The girl called her mum.
The -- suffix makes any female name or kinship term affectionate: Manjo from Maria, anjo from o for granny. Its masculine twin is --, giving for dad. is what children say and what adults say to children; on a form or in formal prose the word is .
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