Meaning & use
Ouma
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A South African informal term for a grandmother or an elderly woman.
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Every Sunday the whole family gathered at Ouma's farmhouse for lunch.
The old ouma down the street always has sweets for the neighborhood kids.
A note on using this word
Derived from Afrikaans, where 'ou' means 'old'; widely used in South African English regardless of the speaker's home language.
Words with a similar meaning
grannygrandma
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