oumagrootjie, noun

Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, ouma see ouma + groot great + -ie.
Great grandmother.
1959 J. Meiring Candle in Wind 133Lena left the gaol, dragging her legs, feeling a hundred years old. ‘Oumagrootjie could not feel as I feel,’ she thought.
Great grandmother.
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