ಅಮ್ಮ

ಅಲರ್ ನಿಘಂಟು (ವಿ. ಕೃಷ್ಣ)

1. 1.
   interjection

   an interjection denoting the expressing of wonder, weariness or fatigue; grief; sarcasm; ಅಮ್ಮಮ್ಮ a mmamma (n .) dupl. of ಅಮ್ಮ3.

2. 2.
   noun

   (obs.) a male parent; a father.

3. 3.
   noun

   a woman who has borne a child; a woman as she is related to her child or children; a mother.

4. 4.
   noun

   a general suffix to female names.

5. 5.
   noun

   (obsel.) a general suffix to male names.

6. 6.
   noun

   a mode of addressing a man with endearment.

7. 7.
   noun

   a mode of respect in addressing a woman.

8. 8.
   noun

   a term of endearment in addressing a girl.

9. 9.
   noun

   a term used to show one's dejection, disapproval etc.

10. 10.
    noun

    any female deity; a goddess.

11. 11.
    noun

    (dial.) the goddess of fishermen or boatmen.

12. 12.
    noun

    an acute, highly contagious virus disease characterised by prolonged fever, vomiting, and pustular eruptions that often leave pitted scars or pockmarks, when healed; small pox.

13. 13.
    noun

    (dial.) the mother of a one's father or mother; a grand mother.

14. 14.
    noun

    (a very general term) a woman;

15. 15.
    noun

    ಅಮ್ಮನಬೇನೆ ammana bēne (n .) = ಅಮ್ಮ2 - 6; 2) any of several intestinal diseases; cholera; ಅಮ್ಮನವರ/ಅಮ್ಮಾವರ ಗಂಡ ammanavara/ammāvara gaṇḍa a man ruled by his wife; a hen-pecked husband; ಅಮ್ಮನವರು ammanavaru a respectful term for a mistress; ಅಮ್ಮನವರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ammanavara prasāda (n .) (slang.) a venereal disease contracted through sexual relation a man had with a prostitute; ಅಮ್ಮನಾಟ ammanāṭa the sport of the goddess esp. in causing the spread and cure of small pox or cholera; ಅಮ್ಮನಾಳು ammanāḷu = ಅಮ್ಮ2 - 6; 2) any of several intestinal diseases; cholera; ಅಮ್ಮನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಬೆಲ್ಲದ ಹಾಗೆ, ಮಗಳ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಹಾಗೆ ammana manassu bellada hāge, magaḷa manassu kallina hāge (prov.) often the offsprings never match their parents in good qualities; many a good cow hath but a bad calf.

ಕಿಟ್ಟೆಲ್ ನಿಘಂಟು

1. 1.
   1.

   father. ಇದಲ್ತಿದಮ್ಮನುಮೆನ್ನನಾಮ್ಪುದೇ Pb. 11, 73; ಅತಿ ಬಳ ಖೇಚರೇನ್ದ್ರನಿವರಮ್ಮನುಮೀತನನೂರ್ಜಿತಾತ್ಮ ಸನ್ತತಿಯೊಳನಾಕುಳಂ ನಿ/?/ಸಿ Ap. 2, 21; ನಿಮ್ಮಮ್ಮಂ ಬಿಸುಡಲ್ವೇ/?/ನಪ್ಪೊಡೆ Vr. 13, 15. [Tu. ಅಮ್ಮ].

2. 2.
   2.

   (Śmd. 148). = ಅಬ್ಬೆ, ಅಮ, ಅವ್, ಅವೆ, ಅವ್ವ, ಅವ್ವೆ a mother (Bp. 47, 20; C.; T. ಅಮ್ಮ, ಅಮ್ಮೈ Tu. ಅಪ್ಪೆ Te., M. ಅಮೆ), used also as an honorific title at the end of proper names and in addressing females. ಅಮ್ಮನ ಮನಸು ಬೆಲ್ಲದ ಹಾಗೆ, ಮಗಳ ಮನಸು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಹಾಗೆ (Prv.). 2, a respectable woman (as ಅಮ್ಮನವರು). ಅಮ್ಮನವರು ಪ್ರಾಯಸಮರ್ಥೆ ಆಗುವಾಗ ಅಯ್ಯನವರಿಗೆ ಕೈಲಾಸ (Prv.). 3, (a matron), a grandmother (C.). 4, a village goddess, especially Durgā (C.). 5, the small-pox (T., Tu.; Te. ಅಮ್ಮವಾರು i. e. ಅಮ್ಮನವರು R.). see ಚಿಕ್ಕಮ್ಮ, ದೊಡ್ಡಮ್ಮ, ಕಲ್ಲಮ್ಮ. -ಅಮ್ಮಗಳು widows (occasionally used by Brahmins, My., also ಅಮ್ಮನ್ದ್ಯರು). ಅಮ್ಮಂಗೊಡಲಿ. -ಂ-ಕೊಡಲಿ the hatchet of village goddesses (ಹೆಗ್ಗಟ್ಟವತ್ತಿಗೆ Śmd. II; Kk. 77; ಕಟ್ಟವತ್ತಿಗೆ Ct. II, 18). ಅಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಿ. -ಅಣ್ಣಿ. = ಅಮ್ಮಿ an affectionate appellation for a female, a grand mother. (My.; M. ಅಮ್ಮಿಣಿ Te. ಅಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಿ, ಅಮ್ಮಲೆ my dear). 2, an effeminate man, a coward (My.). ಅಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಿಮಗ. a man of good family (My.). ಅಮ್ಮನಚೇಷ್ಟೆ. the state of being possessed by a village goddess (C.). 2, ಅಮ್ಮನವರ ಚೇಷ್ಟೆ or ಅಮ್ಮನವರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ venereal disease (My.). ಅಮ್ಮನ ಬೇನೆ (generally ದುರ್ಗಮ್ಮನ ಬೇನೆ). cholera (My.). ಅಮ್ಮವೆ. -ಅವೆ. = ಅಮ್ಮವ್ವೆ (Bp. 9, 44). ಅಮ್ಮವ್ವೆ. -ಅವ್ವೆ N. of a woman (Bp. 15 sum; 15, 36. 37; 25, 7).

3. 3.
   3.

   = ಅಮ etc. (M. ಅಮ್ಮೆ, ಅಮ್ಮೇ, ಅಮ್ಬೈ T. ಅಮ್ಮ an expletive having no particular meaning: hear, listen! cf. ಎಮ). ಅಮ್ಮಣ್ಣಿ interjection denoting pain or weariness: ah! alas! (R.; M. ಅಮ್ಮಿಞ್ಞಿ Tu. ಅಮ್ಮಯ್ಯ). ಅಮ್ಮಮ = ಅಮಮ Nos. 1 & 2. (Bp. 32, 36; 47, 57; C.). ಅಮ್ಮಮ್ಮ. = ಅಮ್ಮಮ (Bp. 48, 8; C.; T., M. ಅಮ್ಮಮ್ಮಾ). ಅಮ್ಮಲಾಲಾ ah! alas! see Prv. s. ದಾರಿ.

ವ್ಯುತ್ಪತ್ತಿ ನಿಘಂಟು (Učida & Rajapurohit)

1. 1.
   f.

   ｟gen. ಅಮ್ಮನ pl. ಅಮ್ಮಂದಿರು｠1 (kin) mother 2 (kin) grandmother, cf. ಅವ್ವ “mother” (NK) 3 (name) a kind of suffix appearing in the end of names of women, like ಲಕ್ಕಮ್ಮ 4 (call) word used for calling a woman with respect (which has replaced by “Madam” in cities) 5 (god) village or local goddess 6 widow 7 (med.) smallpox, chickenpox or measles [Ka. D183] = ಅಮ್ಮಾ, ಅವ್ವಾ (ammā, avvā)