The Afrikaans word for grandmother, used freely in South African English across all language communities. 'Ouma' is one of many Afrikaans family terms that have crossed into general South African English usage. It carries warmth and familiarity — a grandmother figure is typically an ouma regardless of the family's home language. Also used as an honorific for elderly women in the community, not just biological grandmothers.
Ouma baked koeksisters every Sunday and the grandchildren would line up for them.
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(South Africa) A grandmother.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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