מחותּנתטע

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew מחותנת \ מְחֻתֶּנֶת‎ (m'khuténet) +‎ ־טע‎ (-te).

Pronunciation

(YIVO, Litvish) IPA^(key): /məχʊˈtɛnəstə/
(Poylish) IPA^(key): /məχɪˈteɪ̯nəstə/

Noun

מחותּנתטע • (mekhuteneste) f, plural מחותּנתטעס‎ (mekhutenestes)

female relative by marriage, especially son-in-law's or daughter-in-law's mother; female equivalent of מחותּן‎ (mekhutn)

Further reading

Map of dialectal variants for "female relative by marriage" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz

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