(obs.) a male parent; a father.

(obsel.) a general suffix to male names.

a mode of addressing a man with endearment.

a term used to show one's dejection, disapproval etc.

a woman who has borne a child; a woman as she is related to her child or children; a mother.

a general suffix to female names.

a mode of respect in addressing a woman.

a term of endearment in addressing a girl.

any female deity; a goddess.

(dial.) the goddess of fishermen or boatmen.

an acute, highly contagious virus disease characterised by prolonged fever, vomiting, and pustular eruptions that often leave pitted scars or pockmarks, when healed; small pox.

(dial.) the mother of a one's father or mother; a grand mother.

(a very general term) a woman;

ಅಮ್ಮನಬೇನೆ ammana bēne (n .) = ಅಮ್ಮ2 - 6; 2) any of several intestinal diseases; cholera; ಅಮ್ಮನವರ/ಅಮ್ಮಾವರ ಗಂಡ ammanavara/ammāvara gaṇḍa a man ruled by his wife; a hen-pecked husband; ಅಮ್ಮನವರು ammanavaru a respectful term for a mistress; ಅಮ್ಮನವರ ಪ್ರಸಾದ ammanavara prasāda (n .) (slang.) a venereal disease contracted through sexual relation a man had with a prostitute; ಅಮ್ಮನಾಟ ammanāṭa the sport of the goddess esp. in causing the spread and cure of small pox or cholera; ಅಮ್ಮನಾಳು ammanāḷu = ಅಮ್ಮ2 - 6; 2) any of several intestinal diseases; cholera; ಅಮ್ಮನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಬೆಲ್ಲದ ಹಾಗೆ, ಮಗಳ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಕಲ್ಲಿನ ಹಾಗೆ ammana manassu bellada hāge, magaḷa manassu kallina hāge (prov.) often the offsprings never match their parents in good qualities; many a good cow hath but a bad calf.

an interjection denoting the expressing of wonder, weariness or fatigue; grief; sarcasm; ಅಮ್ಮಮ್ಮ a mmamma (n .) dupl. of ಅಮ್ಮ3.