What is a Mamaw and Papaw?

What is a Mamaw and Papaw?

My maternal grandparents were Granny and Papaw and my paternal grandparents were Mamaw and Papaw. Decatur is a very rural area where everyone has a very strong accent.

Does pawpaw mean grandpa?

(US, dialect, Southern US) Alternative form of pawpaw, a grandfather, especially one’s paternal grandfather.

How do you spell Memaw and papaw?

mamaw/meemaw, papaw/peepaw [grandmother/mother, grandfather/father]

Where did the word Mamaw for grandmothers originate?

Memaw is a respelling of mémère (may-MARE), Cajun French for granny or grandma. Mémère has been recorded in French for at least 150 years. It derives from mère (mother), which with its first syllable repeated becomes mémère (granny). The formal French word is grand-mère.

Is Mawmaw a word?

(US, dialect, Southern US) Grandmother, especially maternal grandmother.

What is a Mamaw?

Noun. mamaw (plural mamaws) (Britain, dialect, Scottish lowlands) One’s mother. (US, dialect, Southern US) One’s grandmother, especially one’s maternal grandmother.

Is Papaw Southern?

Together, Papaw and Pawpaw are most popular in 8 states, most of which are in the South. Papaw is the most commonly used name for Grandpa in Alabama, West Virginia, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

How do you write Paw Paw?

Also pa·paw [paw-paw, puh-paw] .

Who is Mamaw?

Filters. (US, dialect, Southern US) Grandmother, especially maternal grandmother. noun. (US, dialect, Southern US, less commonly) Mother.

What is Mawmaw?

“Ma maw” is Lowland Scots for “my mother”. “Ma” is used when addressing one’s own mother, and “maw” when addressing others’ mothers (“aye yer maw”, Glaswegian humour implying disbelief with a hint of ridicule).

Where did the name papaw come from?

The common name (American) pawpaw, also spelled paw paw, paw-paw, and papaw, probably derives from the Spanish papaya, perhaps because of the superficial similarity of their fruits.

What does Mamaw mean in text?

Mamawnoun. Used in addressing or referring to one’s mother.