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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced byMiddle Englishmome(mother, aunt), fromOld English*mōme, fromProto-West Germanic*mōmā, fromProto-Germanic*mōmǭ(mother, aunt), fromProto-Indo-European*méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of*méh₂-(mother), related toGermanMuhme(aunt),Latinmamma(mother, nurse),Irishmam(mother),Lithuanianmama,moma(mother).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mama (pluralmamas)

  1. (hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada,US)Mother,femaleparent.

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Translations

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motherseemother
mumseemum

Anagrams

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Aklanon

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Etymology

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FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*mamaq, compareMalaymamah.

Verb

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mama

  1. tochew (tobacco, betel)

Amis

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Noun

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mama

  1. father

'Are'are

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Etymology

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From the prefixma- andama.

Noun

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mama

  1. father

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Aukan

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Noun

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mama

  1. mother
  2. woman
    Synonym:uman

Aymara

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Noun

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mama

  1. mother
  2. Mrs.,mistress(general respectful address for married women).
    tatanakmamanakaladies and gentlemen

Azerbaijani

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Noun

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mama (definite accusativemamanı,pluralmamalar)

  1. (dialectal)paternal aunt[nt. 1]
    Synonym:bibi
  2. mom
    Synonym:ana
  3. midwife
    Synonym:mamaça

Usage notes

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  1. ^(in the dialects of Agjabedi, Agdam, Aghdara, Balakan, Dmanisi, Borchaly, Böyük Qarakilsə, Jabrayil, Fuzuli, Goychay, Imishli, Qakh, Qarakilsə, Qazakh, Lachin, Mingachevir, Sheki, Shamkir, Tartar, Ujar, Yevlakh, Zaqatala, Zangilan).[1]

Declension

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Declension ofmama
singularplural
nominativemamamamalar
definite accusativemamanımamaları
dativemamayamamalara
locativemamadamamalarda
ablativemamadanmamalardan
definite genitivemamanınmamaların
Possessive forms ofmama
nominative
singularplural
mənim(my)mamammamalarım
sənin(your)mamanmamaların
onun(his/her/its)mamasımamaları
bizim(our)mamamızmamalarımız
sizin(your)mamanızmamalarınız
onların(their)maması ormamalarımamaları
accusative
singularplural
mənim(my)mamamımamalarımı
sənin(your)mamanımamalarını
onun(his/her/its)mamasınımamalarını
bizim(our)mamamızımamalarımızı
sizin(your)mamanızımamalarınızı
onların(their)mamasını ormamalarınımamalarını
dative
singularplural
mənim(my)mamamamamalarıma
sənin(your)mamanamamalarına
onun(his/her/its)mamasınamamalarına
bizim(our)mamamızamamalarımıza
sizin(your)mamanızamamalarınıza
onların(their)mamasına ormamalarınamamalarına
locative
singularplural
mənim(my)mamamdamamalarımda
sənin(your)mamandamamalarında
onun(his/her/its)mamasındamamalarında
bizim(our)mamamızdamamalarımızda
sizin(your)mamanızdamamalarınızda
onların(their)mamasında ormamalarındamamalarında
ablative
singularplural
mənim(my)mamamdanmamalarımdan
sənin(your)mamandanmamalarından
onun(his/her/its)mamasındanmamalarından
bizim(our)mamamızdanmamalarımızdan
sizin(your)mamanızdanmamalarınızdan
onların(their)mamasından ormamalarındanmamalarından
genitive
singularplural
mənim(my)mamamınmamalarımın
sənin(your)mamanınmamalarının
onun(his/her/its)mamasınınmamalarının
bizim(our)mamamızınmamalarımızın
sizin(your)mamanızınmamalarınızın
onların(their)mamasının ormamalarınınmamalarının

References

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  1. ^Şirəliyev M. Ş.,İslamov M. İ., editors (1999–2003), “mama”, inAzərbaycan dialektoloji lüğəti [Azerbaijani Dialectological Dictionary] (in Azerbaijani), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu.

Further reading

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  • mama” inObastan.com.

Bavarian

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Noun

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mama

  1. (Timau)mother,mom,mama

References

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  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013)Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.

Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:ma‧ma
  • IPA(key): /ˈmama/ [ˈma.ma]

Noun

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máma (masculinepapa)

  1. amother; a (human)female who (a)parents achild (b) givesbirth to ababy (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to apregnant female, possibly as a shortened form ofmother-to-be
    Synonyms:ina,nanay
  2. aterm of address to one'smother,mother-in-law orwife

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:ma‧ma
  • IPA(key): /maˈmaʔ/ [maˈmaʔ]

Noun

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mamâ

  1. betel nut
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Brunei Malay

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Noun

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mama

  1. Amother.
    Synonym:babu

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinmamma.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mama f (pluralmames)

  1. (informal)mom
  2. (anatomy)mamma
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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mama

  1. inflection ofmamar:
    1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. second-personsingularimperative

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation:ma‧ma

Noun

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mama

  1. amother; a (human)female who (a)parents achild (b) givesbirth to ababy (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone
    Synonyms:ina,inahan,nanay
  2. aterm of address to one'smother,mother-in-law orwife

Usage notes

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  • Sense 1 is sometimes used in reference to apregnant female, possibly as a shortened form ofmother-to-be.

Chinook Jargon

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Etymology

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FromEnglishmama orFrenchmaman.

Noun

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mama

  1. mother
    Synonym:naha
    Coordinate term:papa

Dutch

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Etymology

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Loaned fromFrenchmaman[1]

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Noun

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mama f (pluralmama's,diminutivemamaatje n)

  1. mama,mother
    Mama, ik heb honger!Mommy, I’m hungry!
    Synonyms:ma,mam
    Synonyms:moeder,moe,(Flemish)moeke

Alternative forms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mama”, inEtymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Ewe

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Noun

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mama

  1. grandmother

Fijian

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Noun

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mama

  1. ring(for one's finger)

Galician

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Etymology 1

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    Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesemama, fromLatinmamma.

    Noun

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    mama f (pluralmamas)

    1. (anatomy)mamma,breast
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

    Verb

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    mama

    1. inflection ofmamar:
      1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
      2. second-personsingularimperative

    Garo

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    Etymology

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    Likely fromBengaliমামা(mama)

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    mama

    1. maternal uncle
    2. husband ofaunt
    3. father-in-law
    4. brother offather-in-law

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    Guinea-Bissau Creole

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    Etymology

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    FromPortuguesemama. Cognate withKabuverdianumama.

    Noun

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    mama

    1. bosom
    2. breast of a woman

    Hausa

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /màː.má/
      • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA(key): [màː.mə́]

    Noun

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    mā̀ma f (possessed formmā̀mar̃)

    1. mother
      Synonym:uwa

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    mā̀ma m (possessed formmā̀man)

    1. breast
      Synonym:nono

    Hawaiian

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    Etymology

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    Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*mamaq.

    Pronunciation

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    IPA(key): /ˈma.ma/,[ˈmɐ.mə]

    Verb

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    mama

    1. tochew,masticate (but not swallow)

    References

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    • Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “mama”, inHawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

    Hungarian

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    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    mama (pluralmamák)

    1. mom,mum
      Synonyms:anya,anyu,édesanya,anyuka,anyuci
      Coordinate term:papa
    2. (dialectal)grandmom

    Declension

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    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singularplural
    nominativemamamamák
    accusativemamátmamákat
    dativemamánakmamáknak
    instrumentalmamávalmamákkal
    causal-finalmamáértmamákért
    translativemamávámamákká
    terminativemamáigmamákig
    essive-formalmamakéntmamákként
    essive-modal
    inessivemamábanmamákban
    superessivemamánmamákon
    adessivemamánálmamáknál
    illativemamábamamákba
    sublativemamáramamákra
    allativemamáhozmamákhoz
    elativemamábólmamákból
    delativemamárólmamákról
    ablativemamátólmamáktól
    non-attributive
    possessive – singular
    mamáémamáké
    non-attributive
    possessive – plural
    mamáéimamákéi
    Possessive forms ofmama
    possessorsingle possessionmultiple possessions
    1st person sing.mamámmamáim
    2nd person sing.mamádmamáid
    3rd person sing.mamájamamái
    1st person pluralmamánkmamáink
    2nd person pluralmamátokmamáitok
    3rd person pluralmamájukmamáik

    Derived terms

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    Compound words

    Further reading

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    • mama in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.

    Ido

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from EnglishmamaFrenchmamanGermanMamaItalianmammaRussianма́ма(máma)Spanishmamá.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    mama (pluralmamai)

    1. mama,mom,mommy,mum
      Synonym:matro
      Coordinate terms:papa,patro

    Ilocano

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /maˈma/ [mɐˈma]
    • Hyphenation:ma‧ma

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    mamá (Kur-itan spellingᜋᜋ)

    1. momma(abetel nut plus other ingredients to be chewed on)
      Maiparit ti agtupra timama.
      Spitting ofmomma is not allowed.

    Indonesian

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    Etymology 1

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    Originally from baby talk.

    Noun

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    mama (pluralmama-mama)

    1. mother: female parent
      Synonyms:biyung,bunda,emak,embok,ibu,ibunda,ibung,indung,mak,mami,mandeh,mbok,umi
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    Etymology 2

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    Learned borrowing fromLatinmamma, fromAncient Greekμάμμη(mámmē).

    Noun

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    mama (pluralmama-mama)

    1. mamma:
      1. (medicine)breast,udder: The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat
        Synonyms:buah dada,bukit kembar,gunung kembar,payudara,susu,tetek,toket
      2. (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera

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    Ingrian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromRussianмама(mama).

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    mama

    1. mum,mama
      • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus,Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva:
        Kana, ka-ka-ka, na,mama, kana.
        A hen, cluck cluck cluck, here,mummy, a hen.

    Declension

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    Declension ofmama (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
    singularplural
    nominativemamamamat
    genitivemamanmammoin
    partitivemammaamamoja
    illativemammaamammoi
    inessivemamasmamois
    elativemamastmamoist
    allativemamallemamoille
    adessivemamalmamoil
    ablativemamaltmamoilt
    translativemamaksmamoiks
    essivemamanna,mammaanmamoinna,mammoin
    exessive1)mamantmamoint
    1) obsolete
    *) theaccusative corresponds with either thegenitive (sg) ornominative (pl)
    **) thecomitative is formed by adding the suffix
    -ka? or-kä? to thegenitive.

    Coordinate terms

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    • papa(dad; papa)

    References

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    • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “мама”, inОпытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia],Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page699
    • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page295

    Irish

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    Etymology

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    FromLatinmamma.

    Noun

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    mama m (genitive singularmama,nominative pluralmamaí)

    1. (literary)breast,pap
    2. (anatomy)mamma
      Synonym:faireog mhamach

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    Declension ofmama (fourth declension)
    forms with thedefinite article
    singularplural
    nominativeanmamanamamaí
    genitiveanmhamanamamaí
    dativeleis anmama
    donmhama
    leis namamaí

    Mutation

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    Mutated forms ofmama
    radicallenitioneclipsis
    mamamhamanot applicable

    Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
    All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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    Istriot

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    Etymology

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    FromLatinmamma.

    Noun

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    mama f

    1. mom,mamma,mother

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    Japanese

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    Romanization

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    mama

    1. Rōmaji transcription ofまま
    2. Rōmaji transcription ofママ

    Kabuverdianu

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    Etymology

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    FromPortuguesemama.

    Noun

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    mama

    1. bosom
    2. breast of a woman

    Krisa

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    Pronoun

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    mama

    1. you

    Laboya

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    Verb

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    mama

    1. tochewbetel

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    mama

    1. tomother

    References

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    • Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “mama”, inLamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah

    Latgalian

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    Etymology

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    FromProto-Balto-Slavic*mā́ˀmāˀ. Cognates includeLatvianmama andLithuanianmama.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): [ˈmama]
    • Hyphenation:ma‧ma

    Noun

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    mama f (diminutivemameņa)

    1. (colloquial)mum,mummy

    Declension

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    Declension ofmama (type 4 noun)
    singularplural
    nominativemamamamys,mamas1)
    genitivemamys,mamas1)mamu
    dativemamaimamom
    accusativemamumamys,mamas1)
    instrumentalmamumamom
    locativemamāmamuos
    vocativemama,mammamys,mamas1)

    1) dialectal

    Synonyms

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    Coordinate terms

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    References

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    • A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008)Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava,→ISBN, page10

    Lithuanian

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    Etymology

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    A nursery word. FromProto-Balto-Slavic*mā́ˀmāˀ, fromProto-Indo-European*méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of*méh₂- - the root of*méh₂tēr(mother).

    Cognate withProto-Slavic*mama,GermanMuhme(aunt),Latinmamma(mother, nurse),Irishmam(mother) among others.

    Noun

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    mamà f (pluralmãmos) stress pattern 4

    1. mother

    Declension

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    Declension ofmamà
    singular(vienaskaita)plural(daugiskaita)
    nominative(vardininkas)mamàmãmos
    genitive(kilmininkas)mamõsmamų̃
    dative(naudininkas)mãmaimamóms
    accusative(galininkas)mãmąmamàs
    instrumental(įnagininkas)mamàmamomi̇̀s
    locative(vietininkas)mamojèmamosè
    vocative(šauksmininkas)mãmamãmos

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    Lower Sorbian

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    Etymology

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    A nursery word. FromProto-Slavic*mama, fromProto-Balto-Slavic*mā́ˀmāˀ, fromProto-Indo-European*méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of*méh₂- - the root of*méh₂tēr(mother).

    Cognate withGermanMuhme(aunt),Latinmamma(mother, nurse),Irishmam(mother),Lithuanianmama,moma(mother) among others. Cf.Proto-Slavic*tata,*baba.

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    mama f (diminutivemaminka)

    1. mother,mom

    Declension

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    Declension ofmama
    SingularDualPlural
    Nominativemamamamjemamy
    Genitivemamymamowumamow
    Dativemamjemamomamamam
    Accusativemamumamjemamy
    Instrumentalmamumamomamamami
    Locativemamjemamomamamach

    Further reading

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    • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “mama”, inSłownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague:ОРЯС РАН,ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag,2008
    • Starosta, Manfred (1999) “mama”, inDolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

    Maguindanao

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    Etymology

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    Fromma- andama.

    Adjective

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    mama

    1. male

    Noun

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    mama

    1. amale

    Maranao

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    Etymology

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    Fromma- +‎ama.

    Adjective

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    mama

    1. male(clarification of this definition is needed)

    Noun

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    mama

    1. amale

    Martuthunira

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    FWOTD – 10 April 2014

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    mama

    1. paternal uncle(one’s father’s brother)

    References

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    • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995.Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

    Mauritian Creole

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    Etymology 1

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    FromFrenchmaman.

    Noun

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    mama

    1. mother

    Etymology 2

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    FromHindiमामा(māmā) andMarathiमामा(māmā).

    Noun

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    mama

    1. uncle
      Synonyms:chacha,tonton

    References

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    • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987.Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

    Mòcheno

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    Etymology

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    Possibly derived fromMiddle High Germanmuome, fromOld High Germanmuoma, fromProto-West Germanic*mōmā(mama, mother), fromProto-Germanic*mōmǭ(mama, mother; aunt, auntie). Cognate withGermanMama,Englishmama.

    Noun

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    mama f

    1. mother

    References

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    Mwani

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    Noun

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    mama

    1. mother

    Nigerian Pidgin

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    Noun

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    mama

    1. mother

    Old Galician-Portuguese

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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      Inherited fromLatinmamma.

      Noun

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      mama f (pluralmamas)

      1. breast
      2. teat;udder
      Related terms
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      Descendants
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      Etymology 2

      [edit]

      See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

      Verb

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      mama

      1. inflection ofmamar:
        1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
        2. second-personsingularimperative

      References

      [edit]
      • Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (20202025) “mama”, inVocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro:Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

      Old Polish

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      Etymology

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      Inherited fromProto-Slavic*màma. First attested in the fifteenth century.

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      mama f

      1. (attested in Masovia)mom,mother
        • 1950 [1470], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors,Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number1308,Warsaw:
          Yakom ya Malgorzacze,mamye mey, nye szabral dwu szuknyv
          [Jakom ja Małgorzacie,mamie mej, nie zabrał dwu sukniu]
      2. wet nurse,nurse
        • Middle of the 15th century,Rozmyślanie o żywocie Pana Jezusa[2], page12:
          Nye tako, yako ynne panny czynyv, yze schvkaya ynych opczychmam (non ut solent homines extraneam quaesivit nutricem mater puero), alye swe dzyeczatko svymy pyrszyamy karmyla (sc. Anna)
          [Nie tako, jako inne panny czynią, iże szukają inych obcychmam (non ut solent homines extraneam quaesivit nutricem mater puero), ale swe dzieciątko swymi pirsiami karmiła (sc. Anna)]

      Derived terms

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      nouns

      Descendants

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      References

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      • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “mama”, inSłownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie,→ISBN
      • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “mama”, inPolski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności,→ISBN
      • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “mama”, inEtymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
      • B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “mama”, inSłownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków:IJP PAN,→ISBN

      Old Slovak

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      Etymology

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      Inherited fromProto-Slavic*mama.

      Noun

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      mama f

      1. mom,mother

      Descendants

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      References

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      • Majtán, Milan et al., editors (1991–2008), “mama”, inHistorický slovník slovenského jazyka [Historical Dictionary of the Slovak Language] (in Slovak), volumes 1–7 (A – Ž), Bratislava: VEDA,→OCLC

      Pali

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      Alternative forms

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      Alternative scripts

      Pronoun

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      mama

      1. genitive/dativesingular ofahaṃ(me)

      Panyjima

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      FWOTD – 2 April 2016

      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      mama

      1. father
        Synonym:papu
      2. paternal uncle(one’s father’s brother)

      References

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      • Dench, Alan (1991). "Panyjima", in R.M.W. Dixon and Barry J. Blake:The Handbook of Australian Languages, Volume 4. Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia, 125–244.

      Papiamentu

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      Etymology

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      FromDutchmama.

      Noun

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      mama

      1. mother

      Pitjantjatjara

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      Pronunciation

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      Noun

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      mama

      1. father
        Synonym:punari
      2. father’s older brother or close male friend;uncle
        Synonym:mama puḻka
      3. god

      Derived terms

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      Polish

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      PolishWikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipediapl

      Etymology

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      Inherited fromOld Polishmama.

      Pronunciation

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      • Audio:(file)
      • Rhymes:-ama
      • Syllabification:ma‧ma

      Noun

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      mama f (diminutive(dialectal)mamula)

      1. mum,mom,mother
      2. (Middle Polish)wetnurse
        Synonym:mamka
      3. (Middle Polish)nurse,caregiver
        Synonym:piastunka

      Declension

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      Declension ofmama
      singularplural
      nominativemamamamy
      genitivemamymam
      dativemamiemamom
      accusativemamęmamy
      instrumentalmamąmamami
      locativemamiemamach
      vocativemamomamy

      Derived terms

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      nouns

      Trivia

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      According toSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990),mama is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 0 times in scientific texts, 0 times in news, 1 time in essays, 17 times in fiction, and 93 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 111 times, making it the 552nd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.[1]

      References

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      1. ^Ida Kurcz (1990) “mama”, inSłownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page233

      Further reading

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      • mama inWielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
      • mama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
      • Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “mama”, inSłownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
      • Magdalena Majdak (19.02.2015) “MAMA”, inElektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
      • Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “mama”, inSłownik języka polskiego
      • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “mama”, inSłownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
      • J. Karłowicz,A. Kryński,W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mama”, inSłownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page868
      • mama in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

      Portuguese

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      Alternative forms

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      • mamma(pre-standardization spelling)

      Pronunciation

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      Etymology 1

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        Inherited fromOld Galician-Portuguesemama, fromLatinmamma. CompareGalicianmama.

        Noun

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        mama f (pluralmamas)

        1. (human)breast,bosom
        2. (animal)udder,teat
        Derived terms
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        Related terms
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        Etymology 2

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        Verb

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        mama

        1. inflection ofmamar:
          1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
          2. second-personsingularimperative

        Quechua

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama

        1. mother
          Coordinate terms:yaya,tayta,tata(father)
        2. madam,lady
          Synonym:wayru
          Coordinate terms:tayta,tata(mister)
        3. (geology)vein
        4. (mathematics)matrix

        Declension

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        Declension ofmama
        singularplural
        nominativemamamamakuna
        accusativemamatamamakunata
        dativemamamanmamakunaman
        genitivemamapmamakunap
        locativemamapimamakunapi
        terminativemamakamamamakunakama
        ablativemamamantamamakunamanta
        instrumentalmamawanmamakunawan
        comitativemamantinmamakunantin
        abessivemamannaqmamakunannaq
        comparativemamahinamamakunahina
        causativemamaraykumamakunarayku
        benefactivemamapaqmamakunapaq
        associativemamapuramamakunapura
        distributivemamankamamakunanka
        exclusivemamallamamakunalla
        Possessive forms ofmama

        Derived terms

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        See also

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        Rapa Nui

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        Etymology

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        Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*mamaq.

        Verb

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        mama

        1. tochew

        Romanian

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        Noun

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        mama

        1. definitenominative/accusativesingular ofmamă

        Rwanda-Rundi

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        Etymology

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        FromProto-Bantu*mààmá.

        Noun

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        māmá class1a (pluralbāmâmá class2a)

        1. mymother
        2. mymaternalaunt

        See also

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        • nyoko(your mother)
        • nyina(his/her mother)
        • data(my father)

        Sardinian

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        Etymology

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        FromLatinmamma, fromAncient Greekμάμμη(mámmē).

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama f (pluralmamas)(Limba Sarda Comuna)

        1. mother

        See also

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        Serbo-Croatian

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /mâma/
        • Hyphenation:ma‧ma

        Noun

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        mȁma f (Cyrillic spellingма̏ма)

        1. mom

        Declension

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        Declension ofmama
        singularplural
        nominativemamamame
        genitivemamemama
        dativemamimamama
        accusativemamumame
        vocativemamomame
        locativemamimamama
        instrumentalmamommamama

        Silesian

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        Etymology

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        Inherited fromOld Polishmama.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama f

        1. (colloquial)mom,mother
          Synonyms:seeThesaurus:muter
          Coordinate terms:seeThesaurus:fater

        Declension

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        Declension ofmama
        singularplural
        nominativemamamamy
        genitivemamymam
        dativemamiemamōm
        accusativemamãmamy
        instrumentalmamōmmamami/mamōma
        locativemamiemamach
        vocativemamomamy

        Related terms

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        verbs

        Further reading

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        • mama in dykcjonorz.eu
        • mama in silling.org

        Slovak

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        Etymology

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        Inherited fromOld Slovakmama, fromProto-Slavic*mama, fromProto-Balto-Slavic*mā́ˀmāˀ, fromProto-Indo-European*méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of*méh₂- - the root of*méh₂tēr(mother).

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama f (genitivesingularmamy,nominativepluralmamy,genitivepluralmám,declension pattern ofžena)

        1. mama

        Declension

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        Declension ofmama
        singularplural
        nominativemamamamy
        genitivemamymám
        dativemamemamám
        accusativemamumamy
        locativemamemamách
        instrumentalmamoumamami

        Derived terms

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        Further reading

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        • mama”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025

        Spanish

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        Etymology

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        FromLatinmamma.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈmama/[ˈma.ma]
        • Rhymes:-ama
        • Syllabification:ma‧ma

        Noun

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        mama f (pluralmamas)

        1. (anatomy)mamma,breast
          Synonyms:pecho,seno

        Related terms

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        Verb

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        mama

        1. inflection ofmamar:
          1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
          2. second-personsingularimperative

        Further reading

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        Sranan Tongo

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        Alternative forms

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama

        1. mother
        2. (figuratively, in compounds)origin,source,centre,basis

        Derived terms

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        Swahili

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        SwahiliWikipedia has an article on:
        Wikipediasw

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama classIX (pluralmama classX)

        1. mother(female parent)
          Coordinate term:baba
        2. Respectful term of address for an older woman.

        Derived terms

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        Tagalog

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        Etymology 1

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        FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*mama, fromProto-Austronesian*mamah(father’s brother). Also possibly borrowed fromSanskritमाम(māma) or fromTamilமாமா(māmā). CompareChamorromåma' andMalaymamak.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mamà (Baybayin spellingᜋᜋ)

        1. a term used in referring to, or in addressing, a male unknown to the speaker
          Synonyms:mang,manong
        2. (archaic, familiar)uncle (parent's younger brother)
        3. (archaic, familiar, childish) anyrelative of the father or mother
        Derived terms
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        See also

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        Etymology 2

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        Each pronunciation has a different source:

        Pronunciation

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        • (Standard Tagalog)
          • IPA(key): /maˈma/[mɐˈma](Spanish pronunciation)
          • IPA(key): /mama/[ma.ma](Hokkien pronunciation)
          • IPA(key): /ˈmama/[ˈmaː.mɐ](English pronunciation)
        • Syllabification:ma‧ma

        Noun

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        mamaormamá (masculinepapa,Baybayin spellingᜋᜋ)(colloquial, familiar, childish)

        1. mum,mom
          Synonyms:ma,ina,nanay,inay,nay,inang,nanang
        Derived terms
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        Etymology 3

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        FromProto-Philippine*mamaq, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*mamaq(chew without intending to swallow, as betel nut; premasticate food to give to an infant; premasticated food). CompareJavaneseꦩꦩꦃ(mamah) andMalaymamah.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mamâ (Baybayin spellingᜋᜋ)

        1. betelnutchewing
        Derived terms
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        See also
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        Etymology 4

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mamâ (Baybayin spellingᜋᜋ)(obsolete)

        1. name of the Baybayin letter(ma), corresponding to "ma"

        See also

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        Further reading

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        • mama”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
        • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor,Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
          • page 173: “Comer) Mama (pc) buyo”
          • page 400: “M) Mama (pc) letra del .A.b.c. Tagalog .|. mama yaon .|. . ſumulat ca nang mama nang iniõg ſulat, eſcriue la. M. de bueſtra eſcritura, yſulat mo aco nang mama, eſcriueme vna .M.”
          • page 575: “Tio) Mama (pp) llamandole el ſobrino y como en Eſpañol vſamos llamar tio al hias viejo, tambien lo vſan eſtos y diçen, mama ay, ola tio, yaring ſi mama a, eſte mi tio.”

        Anagrams

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        Tetum

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        Verb

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        mama

        1. tochew betel

        Tok Pisin

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        Etymology

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        FromEnglishmama.

        Noun

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        mama

        1. mother
          Antonym:papa

        Derived terms

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        Tumbuka

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        Noun

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        mama class1a (pluralŵamama class2)

        1. mother,mom

        Coordinate terms

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        Turkish

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): [mɑˈmɑ]
        • Hyphenation:ma‧ma

        Noun

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        mama (definite accusativemamayı,pluralmamalar)

        1. baby food
        2. petfood
        3. food(in child's language)

        Declension

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        Declension ofmama
        singularplural
        nominativemamamamalar
        definite accusativemamayımamaları
        dativemamayamamalara
        locativemamadamamalarda
        ablativemamadanmamalardan
        genitivemamanınmamaların
        Possessive forms
        nominative
        singularplural
        1st singularmamammamalarım
        2nd singularmamanmamaların
        3rd singularmamasımamaları
        1st pluralmamamızmamalarımız
        2nd pluralmamanızmamalarınız
        3rd pluralmamalarımamaları
        definite accusative
        singularplural
        1st singularmamamımamalarımı
        2nd singularmamanımamalarını
        3rd singularmamasınımamalarını
        1st pluralmamamızımamalarımızı
        2nd pluralmamanızımamalarınızı
        3rd pluralmamalarınımamalarını
        dative
        singularplural
        1st singularmamamamamalarıma
        2nd singularmamanamamalarına
        3rd singularmamasınamamalarına
        1st pluralmamamızamamalarımıza
        2nd pluralmamanızamamalarınıza
        3rd pluralmamalarınamamalarına
        locative
        singularplural
        1st singularmamamdamamalarımda
        2nd singularmamandamamalarında
        3rd singularmamasındamamalarında
        1st pluralmamamızdamamalarımızda
        2nd pluralmamanızdamamalarınızda
        3rd pluralmamalarındamamalarında
        ablative
        singularplural
        1st singularmamamdanmamalarımdan
        2nd singularmamandanmamalarından
        3rd singularmamasındanmamalarından
        1st pluralmamamızdanmamalarımızdan
        2nd pluralmamanızdanmamalarınızdan
        3rd pluralmamalarındanmamalarından
        genitive
        singularplural
        1st singularmamamınmamalarımın
        2nd singularmamanınmamalarının
        3rd singularmamasınınmamalarının
        1st pluralmamamızınmamalarımızın
        2nd pluralmamanızınmamalarınızın
        3rd pluralmamalarınınmamalarının

        Turkmen

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        Noun

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        mama

        1. maternal grandmother
        2. term of address for old women

        Etymology 2

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        (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

        Noun

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        mama

        1. smallpox
          Synonym:jäjek

        Upper Sorbian

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama f (diminutivemamičkaormamimka)

        1. mama,mommy,mum

        Declension

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        Declension ofmama (feminine hard stem)
        singulardualplural
        nominativemamamamjemamy
        genitivemamymamowmamow
        dativemamjemamomajmamam
        accusativemamumamjemamy
        instrumentalmamumamomajmamami
        locativemamjemamomajmamach
        vocativemamamamjemamy

        Related terms

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        Venda

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        Verb

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        mama

        1. tosuck

        Venetan

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        Etymology

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        FromLatinmamma. CompareItalianmamma.

        Noun

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        mama f (pluralmame)

        1. mother
        2. mum,mummy

        Wanyi

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        Etymology

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        CompareGuugu Yimidhirrmayi.

        Noun

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        mama

        1. (vegetable-based)food

        References

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        • Mary Laughren, Rob Pensalfini, Tom Mylne,Accounting for verb-initial order in an Australian language, inVerb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

        West Makian

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        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama

        1. mother
          Synonym:mamu

        Usage notes

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        The termsmama andmamu are used for referring to a mother, whereas the termyaya is used for addressing one's mother.

        References

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        • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982)The Makian languages and their neighbours[4], Pacific linguistics

        Ye'kwana

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        Variant orthographies
        ALIVmama
        Brazilian standardmama
        New Tribesmama

        Alternative forms

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        • maama(Caura River dialect)

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        mama

        1. (Cunucunuma River dialect)first-personpossessed form of

        Yoruba

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        Alternative forms

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        Etymology

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        Probably influenced byEnglishmama, may have existed before contact with English though. Possibly a corruption ofmọ̀mọ́.

        Pronunciation

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        Noun

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        màmá

        1. mother
          Synonyms:iye,ìyá,mọ́mì,yèyé,èye
        2. aterm ofendearment orrespect for an olderwoman orfemalerelative
          Synonyms:iye,ìyá,mọ́mì,yèyé

        Coordinate terms

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