mummo {noun} [coll.]
In the Swedish language, the maternal grandparents are “mormor” for grandmother and “morfar” for grandfather. Paternal grandparents are “farmor” for grandmother, and “farfar,” for grandfather. If you want to get up close and personal with all things Swedish, no need to have a mormor of your own.
The Finnish words for 'mom' are äiskä (pronounced: /IYS-kah/) or mutsi (pronounced: /MUHT-sih/).
OK, all right (utterance expressing exasperation or frustration) No niin! Nyt riittää! All right! That's enough!
Grandparents, or besteforeldre in Norwegian, can be called bestemor (grandmother) or bestefar (grandfather).
-Scottish: In Scottish Gaelic, the word for grandma is “Seanmhair,” which means good mother. But other commonly used Scottish grandmother names include “Nana,” “Nanna,” “Mhamó” and “Mamó.” -Spanish: In Spanish, grandmothers are known as “Abuela” or “Abuelita.”
Yaya is the word for grandmother in Greek.
Mamu, a Finnish racial slur for immigrants of Middle Eastern and North African descent.
Hei means “Hi” or “Hello.” We can use this greeting with friends or relatives, but also with people we don't know. The formal way of greeting people is Hyvää päivää! Literally, hyvää päivää means “Good day.” As a rule of thumb we can use hyvää päivää only during the daytime—from noon until early evening.
Pappa is grandfather in finnish, papa means.
Mumu: A lovely nickname for the fun-loving grandmother.
Meri is both an Estonian and Finnish surname meaning "sea" and a feminine given name.
Ireland (Gaelic)
While maimeó anddaideó are the words used to address a grandmother or grandfather, there are a few different words for grandparents in Irish. For example, there are máthair chríona, which translates to “wise mother,” and athair críonna which translates to “wise father.”
Ireland: Seanmháthair is Irish for grandmother, but Irish children are much more likely to use Maimeó or Móraí.
The children of your son call you aana, (grandmother), and the children of your daughter call you anaanatsiaq. If your ilupiruq's, (great grand- child), have children your ilupiruq would call you amauq.
In Swiss German, the most used word for grandma is Grosi. In Low German, it is Grootmoder for grandmother and Groosma or Groosmutta for grandma.
1. Söpö The winning word means “cute,” and you'd use it to describe something incredibly adorable—think a baby or a tiny kitten. "I think the reason it won is because it sounds very soft and very typically Finnish with a double-ö," Joel Willans, founder of Very Finnish Problems, said.
Kela, abbr. from Finnish: Kansaneläkelaitos, Swedish: Folkpensionsanstalten (Fpa), English: The Social Insurance Institution (SII), is a Finnish government agency in charge of settling benefits under national social security programs. Kela was founded in 1937 to handle retirement pay.
Finnish translation: kaunein tyttö