mama

a word from vocabulary Swahili by Thilo Schadeberg  
Word form mama
LWT meaning(s)
Word meaning mother, mother’s sister
Grammatical info n 9/10
Comments on word One usually distinguishes between mama mkubwa [mother big] mother’s elder sister, and mama mdogo [mother small] mother’s younger sister.
Analyzability unanalyzable
Age earlier Bantu [1] (-3000–1)