ಮಾವ

Kannada

Etymology

Cognate to Telugu మామ (māma), Tamil மாமன் (māmaṉ), Malayalam മാമൻ (māmaṉ), and Tulu ಮಾಮೈ (māmai).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maːʋɐ/

Noun

ಮಾವ • (māva)

  1. father-in-law; mother's brother

Declension
Case/Form Singular Plural
Nominative ಮಾವವು (māvavu) ಮಾವಗಳು (māvagaḷu)
Accusative ಮಾವವನ್ನು (māvavannu) ಮಾವಗಳನ್ನು (māvagaḷannu)
Instrumental ಮಾವದಿಂದ (māvadinda) ಮಾವಗಳಿಂದ (māvagaḷinda)
Dative ಮಾವಕ್ಕೆ (māvakke) ಮಾವಗಳಿಗೆ (māvagaḷige)
Genitive ಮಾವದ (māvada) ಮಾವಗಳ (māvagaḷa)

Descendants
  • → Konkani: मावु (māvu)

References
  • Kittel, Ferdinand (1894) “ಮಾವ”, in Kittel's Kannada-English dictionary, Madras: University of Madras, published 1968-1971
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