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Abkhaz: анду (andu)
Afrikaans: ouma (af)
Ahtna: -tsucde
Ainu: フチ (huci)
Albanian: gjyshe (sq) f
Aleut: kukax
Altai:таай эне (taay ene)
Ambonese Malay: oma , nene
Amharic: ሴት አያት (set ʾäyat)
Arabic: جَدَّة (ar) f (jadda)تيتة f (tēta), جدة f (gidda)أنّة f (anna), ستّو f (sittu)habuuba جدة (jidde), ست (sitt), تيتة f (tēta)حبوبة f (ḥabbōba)
Aragonese: agüela f
Aramaic:ܣܒܬܐ f (sāḇtā), ܩܫܝܫܬܐ f (qaššīštā)
Armenian: տատ (hy) (tat), տատիկ (hy) (tatik), հան (hy) (han)
Aromanian: omã f, babã f
Asturian: güela (ast) f
Azerbaijani: nənə (az) нәнә
Balinese: dadong
Basque: amona (eu)
Belarusian: бабу́ля f (babúlja)
Bengali: নানী (bn) (nani), নানু (bn) (nanu) (informal, maternal), দাদি (bn) (dadi) (paternal), দাদু (bn) (dadu) (informal, paternal)
Bhojpuri: दादी के बा (dādī kē bā), दादी (dādī)
Bikol:lola (bcl)
Breton: mamm-gozh (br) f
Bulgarian: ба́ба (bg) f (bába)
Burmese: အဘွား (my) (a.bhwa:), ဘွားဘွား (my) (bhwa:bhwa:)
Catalan: àvia (ca) f, iaia (ca) f
Chamicuro: payako
Cherokee: ᎡᏂᏏ (enisi) (paternal), ᎠᎵᏏ (alisi) (maternal)
Chichewa: gogo
Chinese:嫲嫲 (maa4 maa4) (paternal), 婆婆 (po4 po4-2) (maternal), 祖母 (zou2 mou5) (paternal), 外祖母 (ngoi6 zou2 mou5) (maternal), 外婆 (ngoi6 po4) (maternal)阿婆 (â-phò) (paternal), 姐婆 (chiá-phò) (maternal), 外阿婆 (ngoi-â-phò) (maternal)阿媽 / 阿妈 (zh-min-nan) (a-má), 外媽 / 外妈 (guā-má) (maternal), 內媽 / 内妈 (lāi-má) (paternal, indirect)奶奶 (zh) (nǎinai) (paternal), 祖母 (zh) (zǔmǔ) (paternal), 外祖母 (zh) (wàizǔmǔ) (maternal), 外婆 (zh) (wàipó) (maternal, colloquial), 姥姥 (zh) (lǎolao) (maternal)
Chinook Jargon: chope
Chuvash: кукамай (kuk̬amaj), асанне (as̬anne)
Comorian:koko class 5/6
Corsican: mammone
Crimean Tatar: qartana
Czech: babička (cs) f
Danish: bedstemor (da) c, bedste c (informal)
Dusun:todu
Dutch: grootmoeder (nl) f, oma (nl) f
Efik: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: avino (eo)
Estonian: vanaema (et)
Ewe: mama
Extremaduran: ávila
Faroese: omma (fo) f
Finnish: isoäiti (fi) , mummi (fi) , mummo (fi) , äidinäiti (fi) (maternal), isänäiti (fi) (paternal)
French: grand-mère (fr) f, aïeule (fr) f
Frisian:ualmam faol fååle fbeppe (fy) f
Friulian: none f, ave f
Galician: avoa (gl) f
Georgian: ბებია (bebia), დიდედა (dideda), ბებო (bebo), ბაბო (ka) (babo)
German: Großmutter (de) f, Oma (de) f, Omi (de) f, Großmütterchen n (diminutive), Großmütterlein n (diminutive)Grosi fGrußmutter f, Gruußmutter fAhna f
Greek: γιαγιά (el) f (giagiá), μάμμη (el) f (mámmi)μάμμη f (mámmē), τήθη f (tḗthē)καλομάνα f (kalomána)
Greenlandic: aanaq , aanaa
Guarani:verify ) jarýi (gn)
Halkomelem: sísele
Hamer-Banna: aaká
Hausa: kaka
Hawaiian: kupunawahine
Hebrew: סָבָה (he) f (savá), סָבְתָא (he) f (sávta)
Hindi: दादी (hi) f (dādī) (paternal), नानी (hi) f (nānī) (maternal)
Hmong:pog , niam tais
Hungarian: nagyanya (hu) , nagymama (hu)
Ibibio: please add this translation if you can
Icelandic: amma (is)
Ido: avino (io)
Igbo: nnenna
Indonesian: nenek (id)
Ingrian: ämmä , ämmö
Ingush: даь-нана (dä-nana) (paternal), наьн-нана (nän-nana) (maternal)
Interlingua: granmatre (ia) , ava (ia)
Irish: máthair mhór f, seanmháthair (ga) f, mamó f, máthair chríonna fsenmáthair f
Italian: nonna (it) f
Japanese: お婆さん (ja) (おばあさん, obāsan), お婆ちゃん (ja) (おばあちゃん, obāchan) (more informal than お婆さん, spoken more by smaller children), ばば (ja) (baba) (more informal than お婆さん, spoken more by smaller children), 祖母 (ja) (そぼ, sobo) (only about one's own, polite (deferential)), 外祖母 (ja) (がいそぼ, gaisobo) (maternal, only about one's own)
Javanese: Eyang Putri
Jeju: 할망 (halmang), 할마니 (halmani) (mildly honorific), 할마님 (halmanim) (honorific), 할멤 (halmem) (honorific)
Kaitag: абаба́ (ababá), авба (avba), бавба (bavba), аттуба́ (attubá), аттаба (attaba)
Kashmiri: نانؠ (nān')
Kazakh: әже (kk) (äje)
Khmer: ជីដូន (km) (cii doun), យាយ (km) (yiəy), អយ្យកា (km) (ʼayyĕəʼkaa)
Khoekhoe: ǁgaosas
Korean: 할머니 (ko) (halmeoni), 외할머니 (ko) (oehalmeoni) (maternal)
Krio: granny
Kurdish:داپیر (dapîr), داپیرە f (dapîre)dapîr (ku) f, pîrik (ku) f, pîrê (ku) f
Kyrgyz: ky , кемпир (ky) (kempir)
Ladino: nona , avuela , granmama , vava
Lakota: uŋčí
Lao: ຍ່າ (nyā) (paternal), ແມ່ເຖົ້າ (mǣ thao) (maternal)
Latgalian: vace , vaceite , babeņa
Latin: avia (la) f
Latvian: vecāmāte f, vecmamma f, vecmāmiņa f
Lithuanian: bobutė f, senelė (lt) f, močiutė (lt) f
Low German:Grootmoder f, Grotmoder f, Grootmodder f, Grootmudder f, Grotmudder f
Luganda: jjajja omukazi , jajja mukyaala
Lushootseed: kiaʔ , (vocative form) kayə
Luxembourgish: Groussmamm f
Macedonian: ба́ба (mk) f (bába)
Malay: nenek (ms)
Malayalam: മുത്തശ്ശി (muttaśśi), അമ്മുമ്മ (ml) (ammumma), അമ്മമ്മ (ml) (ammamma)
Maltese: nanna f
Manchu: ᠮᠠᠮᠠ (mama), ᡤᠣᡵᠣ ᠮᠠᠮᠠ (goro mama)
Māori: kuia , tipuna , tupuna , tāua
Marathi: आजी f (ājī)
Maricopa: nkyew
Minangkabau: anduang (min)
Mirandese: abó f, abó mai f, abó de las saias f, bó f
Miwok:ʔamáˑ-
Mòcheno: nu'na f
Mon: ယဲာ (yé)
Mongolian:эмээ (mn) (emee), эмэг эх (emeg ex), эмэг ээж (emeg eež), эмгээ (mn) (emgee)ᠡᠮᠡᠭᠡ (emege)
Naga:jì
Navajo: amá sání (maternal), análí (paternal)
Neapolitan: nonna f
Nepali: हजुरआमा (hajuraāmā)
Nivkh: ытик (əțik)
Norman: grand'-mère m (Guernsey), manman f (Jersey), grand-méthe f (Jersey)
Norwegian:bestemor (no) m or f, mormor (no) m or f (maternal), farmor (no) m or f (paternal)bestemor f, mormor f (maternal), farmor f (paternal)
Nubi: abuba
Odia: ଜେଜେମାଆ (jejemāā), ଆଈ (āi)
Ohlone:ká̄na 'ek mél̄e
Ojibwe: (my grandmother) nookomis
Old English: eald mōdor f
O'odham: hu'ul (maternal), ka꞉k (paternal)
Oromo: akkayyaa
Pannonian Rusyn: баба f (baba)
Papiamentu: wela
Pashto: نيا (ps) f (nyā), انا (ps) f (anā)
Pennsylvania German: Groossmudder f, Groossmammi f
Persian:بِیبِی (bī-bī), مَادَرْکَلَان (mādarkalān), نَنَه (nana), مَادَرْبُزُرْگ (mādarbuzurg)مادَرْبُزُرْگ (mâdarbozorg), نَنِه (nane) (dialectal)
Polish: babcia (pl) f, babka (pl) f, babunia (pl) f (diminutive), baba (pl) f
Portuguese: avó (pt) f
Punjabi: ਨਾਨਿਮਾ f (nānimā)
Quechua: jatun mama
Rapa Nui: mamaru'au
Romani: mami f
Romanian: bunică (ro) f, mamaie (ro) f, mamă mare (ro) f
Romansh: tatta f, tata f, nona f
Russian: ба́бушка (ru) f (bábuška), бабу́ля (ru) f (babúlja) (endearing), бабу́ся (ru) f (babúsja) (endearing), ба́бка (ru) f (bábka) (can sound impolite), ба́ба (ru) f (bába)
Sami:áhkku äkk
Sanskrit: (paternal) पितामही (sa) f (pitāmahī)
Santali: ᱟᱡᱤ (aji)
Scots: grandmither , guiddame
Scottish Gaelic: seanmhair (gd) f
Serbo-Croatian: baka (sh) fба̏ба f, нена f, ста̏рама̄јка fbȁba (sh) f, nena (sh) f, stȁramājka (sh) f
Shan: ၼၢႆး (shn) (náai)
Sicilian: nanna (scn) f, mamma granni f
Slovak: stará matka (sk) f, baba (sk) f
Slovene: babica (sl) f, stara mama f
Somali: ayeeyo (so)
Sotho: nkgono
Spanish: abuela (es) f
Sranan Tongo: granmama
Sundanese: nini (su)
Swahili: bibi (sw)
Swedish: farmor (sv) c (paternal), mormor (sv) c (maternal)
Tagalog: lola (tl) , impo , lelang , abwela
Tajik: модаркалон (tg) (modarkalon), онакалон (onakalon), бибӣ (tg) (bibi), модарбузург (modarbuzurg)
Tamil: பாட்டி (ta) (pāṭṭi), ஆயாள் (ta) (āyāḷ), மூதாய் (ta) (mūtāy), முன்றாய் (ta) (muṉṟāy)
Tatar: әби (tt) (äbi), дәү әни (tt) (däw äni), зур әни (zur äni), картинәй (qärtinäy), нәнә (nänä), нәнәй (nänäy)
Thai: ย่า (th) (yâa) (paternal), ยาย (th) (yaai) (maternal)
Tibetan: རྨོ་མོ (rmo mo)
Tok Pisin: tumbuna
Tokelauan: tupuna mātua
Tupinambá: aryîa
Turkish: büyükanne (tr) , nine (tr)
Turkmen: ene , mama
Ukrainian: бабу́ся (uk) f (babúsja), ба́ба (uk) f (bába)
Urdu: دادی f (dādī) (paternal), نانی f (nānī) (maternal)
Uzbek: acha (uz) , buvi (uz)
Vietnamese: bà (vi) , bà ngoại (vi) , bà nội (vi)
Volapük: lemot (vo)
Walloon: grand-mere (wa) f, grand-mame (wa) f
Welsh: mam-gu (cy) f (South Wales), nain (cy) f (North Wales)
Wiradjuri: baadhin
Wolof: marm
Xhosa: umakhulu
Yagara: barbang
Yakut: эбэ (ebe)
Yámana: kuluna
Yiddish: באָבע f (bobe)
Yoruba: ìyá ìyá (maternal), màmá màmá (maternal), ìyá bàbá (paternal), màmá bàbá (paternal), ìyá àgbà (direct translation, not as common)
Zazaki: dada , dapir , dapér , daye (diq)
Zhuang: buz (paternal), naih (paternal), daiq (maternal)
Zulu: ukhulu