מחותּנתטע

Yiddish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. 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