noun, feminine/ne.nɛn/plural: nénaines
godmother; grandmother, grandma; talkative nuisance, chatterbox
Synonyms: marraine, grand-mère
Likely from children's speech, as evidenced by the presence of reduplicated [n], a sound that tends to surface early on in a child's linguistic development. Compare Louisiana French maman / papa, mame / pape, mémère / pépère, and so on, as well as English mama / papa, mommy / daddy, etc.