מחותּנתטע
Yiddish edit
Etymology edit
From Hebrew מחותנת \ מְחֻתֶּנֶת (m'khuténet) + ־טע (-te).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- Map of dialectal variants for "female relative by marriage" from Litvish: An Atlas of Northeastern Yiddish by Dovid Katz