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What is the Yiddish word for mother-in-law?
"SHVEE-gehr"
What is the yiddish word for mother?
The Yiddish word for mother is "mame" (מאַמע).
What does the Yiddish word that sounds like e'ma mean?
The Yiddish word "e'ma" means mother. It is commonly used in Yiddish-speaking communities to refer to one's mother.
What does machatonim mean in Hebrew?
That is a Yiddish word borrowed from Hebrew. In Yiddish it refers to a persons' child's in-laws. (There is no such English word for this relationship). For example, your daughter's mother-in-law and father-in-law would be your machatunim.This word comes from the Hebrew word מחותנים (meh-khoo-tah-neem), which means "married ones."
Is there a name in any language for my childrens parents in law?
Depending on the culture - as far as I know your children's parents in-law are not related to you in any way. If anything, you could say (for example), "My son's mother in law".There is such a term in Yiddish. Machetayneste means my daughter's or my son's mother-in-law. The ch is pronounced gutturally, like the ch in the Scottish word loch. In The Joy of Yiddish, Leo Rosten says to pronounce it to rhyme with "Maritaine Esta." The masculine counterpart is machuten, pronounced "m'choot'n": my son's or daughter's father-in-law.
What does the Yiddish word bling mean?
Bling is not a Yiddish word or a Hebrew word.
What is the Yiddish word for Yiddish?
The Yiddish word for Yiddish is "Yidish" (יידיש).
What is the Hebrew word for In-laws?
family = mishpakha (משפחה) There is no word for spouse. Husband is ba'al (בעל) and wife is eesha (אישה). The family of a spouse is referred to as mekhutanim (×ž×—×•×ª× ×™×)
What is the Yiddish word for darkness?
The Yiddish word for darkness is "dunkel."
What does the Yiddish slang word goya mean?
It is the Yiddish word for a woman who is not Jewish. It is slang in English, but it is not slang in Yiddish.
Once married what relation is the grooms mother and brides father?
There is no word for this in English. Spanish has "consuegros" and Yiddish has "machatunim."
What is the yiddish slang for mother?
The Yiddish slang for mother is "mameleh" or "mamaleh."
