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Shathir

@Shathirlala

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Posted: 12 years ago

#21

See, my answer would be that cousin = machan because the ones I call machan in Tamil I call them cousin in English.

Brother-in-law is also called Machan.

So, here are the translations -

Cousin - machan (standard) but in extreme situation it can be known as mama/athan (Mora paiyan) This 'mama' isn't the standard 'uncle mama' but 'morai paiyan mama'

Uncle - Mama (standard version of mama)

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Shathir

@Shathirlala

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Posted: 12 years ago

#22

Yes, we got Visha confused 😆 but I'm not confused anymore thanks to Sumi's answer. That 'Machan' was what I am used to because it is what my family and relatives use so that why I found it a bit surprising that Dharani calls Suresh mama. So it seems like a large chunk of Tamils call their morra payyan 'mama' even though it SHOULD BE machan. Thanks Sumiakka 👏

Edited by ThangamPlus - 12 years ago

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Shathir

@Shathirlala

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Posted: 12 years ago

#23

Oh and one more thing, so can we then agree that Suresh telling Dharani to call him an uncle is an obvious blooper. I think the DM crew had a same confusion as us and just translated the 'mama' into 'uncle' without giving any thoughts.

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