māte

Etymology
From, from , where the initial *ma, *meh₂ may have originally been a child's call or nursery word.

Cognates include 🇨🇬,, , 🇨🇬, , , 🇨🇬 (< ), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, archaic 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬 (🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, Doric , 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) mother female parent
 * 2) female individual of some animal species
 * 3)  an older woman
 * piesēdies, māt! — take a seat, mother!
 * 1) female individual of some animal species
 * 2)  an older woman
 * piesēdies, māt! — take a seat, mother!
 * 1) female individual of some animal species
 * 2)  an older woman
 * piesēdies, māt! — take a seat, mother!
 * 1) female individual of some animal species
 * 2)  an older woman
 * piesēdies, māt! — take a seat, mother!
 * 1)  an older woman
 * piesēdies, māt! — take a seat, mother!
 * piesēdies, māt! — take a seat, mother!