tante
Indonesian
/ˈtantə/
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) aunt a parent’s sister or sister-in-law
- (colloquial) auntie an elderly woman
- (colloquial) madam
Etymology
Derived from Malay tante derived from Dutch, Flemish tante derived from Middle French tante derived from Old French ante (aunt) derived from Latin amita (paternal aunt, father's sister) derived from Proto-Indo-European *amma- (mother).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*amma-
Gloss
mother
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
母
Emoji
🤰 🤱 🤶
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *amitāna Latin
- *mita Latin
- abamita Latin
- amita Latin
- amitinus Latin
- amma Latin
- peettante Dutch, Flemish
- suikertante Dutch, Flemish
- tante Dutch, Flemish
- tantezegger Dutch, Flemish
- tantezegster Dutch, Flemish
- tante French
- *amma- Proto-Indo-European
- tante Norwegian Bokmål
- tante Norwegian Nynorsk
- antain Old French
- ante Old French
- tante Afrikaans
- tante Norman
- tànte Norman
- tante Malay
- emtë Albanian
- tante Middle French
- onda Romansh
- agne Friulian
- gnagna Venetian
- àmeda Venetian
- àmia Venetian
- tanchi Papiamentu
- tanta Papiamentu
- aunte xno
- amia Dalmatian
- tanta Sranan Tongo
- tanto Aukan