mutha
See also: muþa
English
Etymology 1
Dialectal variant of mother
Pronunciation
- (Geordie) IPA(key): /mʌðæ/
Noun
mutha (plural muthas)
Etymology 2
From muthafucka, from motherfucker.
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- 𐴔𐴟𐴄𐴝 (mutha) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- motha – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
- muta
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit मुस्तक (mustaka, “nutgrass”). Compare Hindi नागरमोथा (nāgarmothā, “nutgrass”). Compare Malay mutah.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: mut‧ha
- IPA(key): /mutˈhaʔ/, [mʊtˈhaʔ]
References
- “mutha”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 290
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