| | mother  |
| mama | mother ~ mother; also used as a term of respect to elderly women |
| Ineny | mother ~ mother. A familiar word used by children in speaking of their nurses, or mother, or by any one in addressing an elderly woman. |
| neny | mother ~ mother, mamma; a nurse. It is more frequently heard as <1ineny#> [in various malay dialects it appears as inana, neina, ina, nina, nene.] ~ mother, mama |
| reny | mother (a) ~ mother, female parent |
| ranjary | mother (a) ~ a mother. See <1reny#>, <1ineny#>, <1njary#> |
| rafozambavy | mother-in-law ~ mother-in-law |
| rafozana | mother-in-law |
| velon-dreny | mother is living (whose) ~ whose mother is living |
| hara | mother-of-pearl ~ mother-of-pearl. |
