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[[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μαῖα]], ἡ.

[[act as midwife to]], v.: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[μαιεύεσθαι]] (acc.), [[verse|V.]] [[λοχεύειν]] (acc.).
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|trtx=Afrikaans: vroedvrou; Alabama: tayyi alikchi; Albanian: mami, babo; Arabic: قَابِلَة‎, دَايَة‎; Egyptian Arabic: ولادة‎, داية‎; Gulf Arabic: داية‎; Armenian: տատմեր, մանկաբարձուհի, դայակ; Azerbaijani: mama, mamaça; Basque: emagin; Belarusian: акушэрка, бабка, павітуха, баба; Bengali: দাই, ধাত্রী, মিডওয়াইফ; Breton: amiegez; Bulgarian: акушерка, баба; Burmese: လက်သည်, ဝမ်းဆွဲ; Catalan: llevador, llevadora; Central Melanau: bidan; Chamicuro: kumali; Chichewa: zamba; Chinese Cantonese: 接生婆, 執媽／执妈, 執仔婆／执仔婆, 助產士／助产士; Mandarin: 助產士／助产士, 接生員／接生员, 接生婆, 穩婆／稳婆, 產婆／产婆; Min Nan: 助產士／助产士, 抾囝母, 產婆／产婆; Czech: porodní bába, porodní asistentka, bába; Danish: jordemoder, jordemor; Dutch: [[verloskundige]], [[vroedvrouw]]; Esperanto: akuŝisto, akuŝistino; Estonian: ämmaemand; Faroese: ljósmóðir, jarðarmóðir, nærkona; Finnish: kätilö; French: [[sage-femme]], [[sage-femme homme]], [[accoucheur]], [[accoucheuse]]; Galician: parteira, partureira; Georgian: ბებიაქალი; German: [[Hebamme]], [[Entbindungspfleger]], [[Entbindungspflegerin]], [[Geburtshelfer]], [[Geburtshelferin]], [[Entbindungshelfer]], [[Entbindungshelferin]]; Gilbertese: tia kabung; Greek: [[μαία]], [[μαμή]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἀκεστρίς]], [[ἰάτρια]], [[ἰατρίνη]], [[ἰατρόμαια]], [[ἰατρός]], [[ἰητρός]], [[λοχεύτρια]], [[μαῖα]], [[μαιευτής]], [[μαιεύτρια]], [[μαιεύτωρ]], [[ὑφαιρέτρια]]; Hebrew: מיילדת \ מְיַלֶּדֶת‎; Hindi: प्रसाविका, जनाई, दाई, मिडवाइफ़, धात्री; Hungarian: bába, szülésznő; Icelandic: ljósmóðir, ljósa, léttakona, yfirsetukona, nærkona; Indonesian: bidan; Irish: bean chabhrach, bean ghlúine, cnáimhseach; Old Irish: banterismid; Italian: [[ostetrica]], [[levatrice]]; Japanese: 助産婦, 産婆, 助産師; Kazakh: акушер әйел; Khmer: ឆ្មប, ម៉ប, យាយម៉ប; Kikuyu: mũciarithia; Korean: 조산부(助產婦), 산파(産婆), 조산사(助產師); Kurdish Northern Kurdish: pîrik; Kyrgyz: акушерка, аначы; Lao: ນາງຜະດຸງຄັນ, ຕຳແຍ, ຫມໍຕຳແຍ; Latin: [[obstetrix]]; Latvian: vecmāte, akušiere; Lithuanian: akušerė; Luxembourgish: Hiewan; Macedonian: бабица, акушерка; Malay: bidan, pengulin, dukun beranak; Malayalam: വയറ്റാട്ടി; Maltese: qabla; Maori: kaiwhakawhanau, wahine whakawhanau; Mongolian Cyrillic: эх баригч; Navajo: awééʼ hayiidzį́sí, asdzání ʼiʼiiłchíhí, awééʼ hayiiníłí; Neapolitan: mammana, vammana; Ngarrindjeri: putari; Norman: accouocheuse, gardgienne, sage-femme; Norwegian Bokmål: jordmor; Nynorsk: jordmor; Old English: beorþorþīnen; Papiamentu: partera; Pashto: قابله‎; Persian: ماما‎, پازاچ‎, قابله‎, دایه‎; Plautdietsch: Weemutta, Popkjemutta; Polish: akuszer, akuszerka, położna; Portuguese: [[parteira]]; Romanian: moașă; Russian: [[акушер]], [[акушерка]], [[повитуха]], [[повивальная бабка]], [[бабка]], [[повивальщица]]; Saanich: NIȽ ȻENT Ȼ SĆḴAḴS; Sanskrit: साविका, धात्री; Scottish Gaelic: muime, bean-ghlùine; Serbo-Croatian: primalja; Cyrillic: ба̏бица; Roman: bȁbica; Sicilian: lavatrici; Slovak: pôrodná baba, pôrodná asistentka, baba, babica; Slovene: babica; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: babka; Spanish: [[partera]], [[comadrona]], [[matrona]]; Swedish: barnmorska; Tagalog: kumadrona; Tajik: акушер, момо, қобила, доя, акушерка; Telugu: మంత్రసాని; Thai: ตำแย, หมอตำแย; Turkish: ebe; Turkmen: akuşerka; Ukrainian: акушерка, повитуха, сповитуха, повивальна бабка; Urdu: دائی‎, جنائی‎, قابله‎; Uzbek: akusherka, doya; Vietnamese: bà đỡ, bà mụ, bà đỡ đẻ, nữ hộ sinh; Welsh: bydwraig; West Frisian: hoarnwiif, ferloskundige; Yiddish: הײַבאַם‎, אַקושערקע‎, אַקושערין‎
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