Mother

"Mother" in Finnish

emo

(female parent of an animal)

emä

(female parent of an animal)

esiäiti

(female ancestor)

rouva

(title of respect for one's mother-in-law)

rouva

(any elderly woman)

äiti

(female (human) who parents a child, gives birth to a baby, or is pregnant)

äiti

(one’s female parent)

äiti

(source or origin)

äiti

(something that is the greatest of its kind)

äiti

(any person or entity which performs mothering)

äiti

(female superior or head of a religious house)

olla äitinä

(to treat as a mother would be expected to)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.