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móeder
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noun[C]
A female parent; a woman in relation to her child or children.
móeder
Etymology
From Dutch moeder, from Proto-Germanic; cognate with English mother.
Examples
My moeder woon in Kaapstad.
Mý móeder wóón in Káápstad.
My mother lives in Cape Town.
Sy is 'n moeder van drie kinders.
Sý is 'n móeder van dríé kínders.
She is a mother of three children.
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noun[C]
The source, origin, or cause from which something develops; used especially in figurative expressions.
móeder
Etymology
A figurative extension of the literal sense “female parent.”
Examples
Nood is die moeder van uitvinding.
Nóód is die móeder van úítvinding.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Die rivier is die moeder van die vallei se vrugbaarheid.
Die rívíer is die móeder van die válléi se vrúgbáárheid.
The river is the source of the valley’s fertility.
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