What does "Mima" mean?

Marjorie Feldman

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Jul 16, 2000, 3:00:00 AM7/16/00

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I interviewed an elderly cousin of my grandfather who referred to my
great grandmother as "the Mima." She does not know what it means other
than that was the name everyone referred to my great grandmother as. If
anyone knows what "Mima" means, please reply to me privately.

Marjorie Freedman Feldman
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mgglass

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Hi Marjorie:

Mima means auntie in Yiddish.

Regards,

Marilyn Platnick Glass
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Marjorie Feldman wrote:
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> I interviewed an elderly cousin of my grandfather who referred to my
> great grandmother as "the Mima." She does not know what it means other
> than that was the name everyone referred to my great grandmother as. If
> anyone knows what "Mima" means, please reply to me privately.

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Diane Jacobs

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I suggest a cross between Yiddish/Hebrew and English.

Ima being mother.
Moma in English

Equals mima.

Hope this helps.
Diane Jacobs
New York

> I interviewed an elderly cousin of my grandfather who referred to my
> great grandmother as "the Mima." She does not know what it means other
> than that was the name everyone referred to my great grandmother as

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HMW

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I can remember a "game" that my grandmother brought from the Ukraine.
It was played with the child and his mother. Each would pinch the skin on
the top of the other's hand (alternating). While you now had the 4 hands
pinched together you would move them up and down (in union) while singing
"mima mima mima ..." A lot of excitement esp. if you had more than 2
people playing. Sounds stupid but would make kids laugh back then. Not too
much else for excitement in the 50's.

Murray Weinstein
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> I interviewed an elderly cousin of my grandfather who referred to my
> great grandmother as "the Mima." She does not know what it means other

> than that was the name everyone referred to my great grandmother as. If
> anyone knows what "Mima" means, please reply to me privately.

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IRSWED

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My mother always referred to her mother's sister as:"Tante". She called her
mother's aunt: "Mima".

Irene Swedroe, IRS...@AOL.COM

Sherri Goldberg

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Mima means aunt in Yiddish.

Sherri Goldberg :)
Thornhill, Canada

>Marjorie Feldman <fel...@mammark.com> wrote in message
>news:3971A8F4...@mammark.com...
>> I interviewed an elderly cousin of my grandfather who referred to my
>> great grandmother as "the Mima." She does not know what it means other
>> than that was the name everyone referred to my great grandmother as. If
>> anyone knows what "Mima" means, please reply to me privately.

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