English
guama
Guama comes from Hokkien 外媽 ‘maternal grandmother’.
- Hokkienmodern外媽gōa-má‘maternal grandmother’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014guama
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Hokkienmodern外媽gōa-má‘maternal grandmother’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014guama
Earliest quotation: 2014, Jin Perez, Chicken in Chinese Wine and Black Sesame Oil - Chinese-style: “This adobo dish is perfect because it uses three…”
Every English word from Hokkien 外媽
Today it means
noun maternal grandmother; maternal grandma
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Hokkien 外媽 / guama