maa

Example Sentences

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Author-Critic Lewis Mumford is a hard maa to please.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were days when my maa took only a bit of rice for herself so that the rest of us—my baap, my brothers, and I—might have more.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

After he examined Hari, he stood in the courtyard with Hari’s maa and baap.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Hari laughed so at the story that his coughing became worse, and his maa sent me angrily from the room.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

My brothers and I are grinning, but my maa looks angry and my baap guilty.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan