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mama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mama"
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English

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Etymology

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Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by Middle English mome (“mother, aunt”), from Old English *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of *méh₂- (“mother”), related to German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”).

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Noun

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mama (plural mamas)

  1. (hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada, US) Mother, female parent.

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Translations

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Anagrams

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Aklanon

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq, compare Malay mamah.

Verb

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mama

  1. to chew (tobacco, betel)

Amis

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mama

  1. father

'Are'are

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Etymology

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From the prefix ma- and ama.

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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mama

  1. mother
  2. Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
    tatanak mamanaka ― ladies and gentlemen

Azerbaijani

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mama (definite accusative mamanı, plural mamalar)

  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 of mama
singular plural
nominative mama
 mamalar
definite accusative mamanı
 mamaları
dative mamaya
 mamalara
locative mamada
 mamalarda
ablative mamadan
 mamalardan
definite genitive mamanın
 mamaların
    Possessive forms of mama
nominative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) mamam mamalarım
sənin (“your”) maman mamaların
onun (“his/her/its”) maması mamaları
bizim (“our”) mamamız mamalarımız
sizin (“your”) mamanız mamalarınız
onların (“their”) maması or mamaları mamaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) mamamı mamalarımı
sənin (“your”) mamanı mamalarını
onun (“his/her/its”) mamasını mamalarını
bizim (“our”) mamamızı mamalarımızı
sizin (“your”) mamanızı mamalarınızı
onların (“their”) mamasını or mamalarını mamalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) mamama mamalarıma
sənin (“your”) mamana mamalarına
onun (“his/her/its”) mamasına mamalarına
bizim (“our”) mamamıza mamalarımıza
sizin (“your”) mamanıza mamalarınıza
onların (“their”) mamasına or mamalarına mamalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) mamamda mamalarımda
sənin (“your”) mamanda mamalarında
onun (“his/her/its”) mamasında mamalarında
bizim (“our”) mamamızda mamalarımızda
sizin (“your”) mamanızda mamalarınızda
onların (“their”) mamasında or mamalarında mamalarında
ablative
singular plural
mənim (“my”) mamamdan mamalarımdan
sənin (“your”) mamandan mamalarından
onun (“his/her/its”) mamasından mamalarından
bizim (“our”) mamamızdan mamalarımızdan
sizin (“your”) mamanızdan mamalarınızdan
onların (“their”) mamasından or mamalarından mamalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (“my”) mamamın mamalarımın
sənin (“your”) mamanın mamalarının
onun (“his/her/its”) mamasının mamalarının
bizim (“our”) mamamızın mamalarımızın
sizin (“your”) mamanızın mamalarınızın
onların (“their”) mamasının or mamalarının mamalarının

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

Further reading

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  • “mama” in Obastan.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 (masculine papa)

  1. a mother; a (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be
    Synonyms: ina, nanay
  2. a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife

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. A mother.
    Synonym: babu

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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From Latin mamma.

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Noun

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mama f (plural mames)

  1. (informal) mom
  2. (anatomy) mamma
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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mama

  1. inflection of mamar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma

Noun

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mama

  1. a mother; a (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone
    Synonyms: ina, inahan, nanay
  2. a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife

Usage notes

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  • Sense 1 is sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be.

Chinook Jargon

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Etymology

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From English mama or French maman.

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mama

  1. mother
    Synonym: naha
    Coordinate term: papa

Dutch

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Etymology

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Loaned from French maman[1]

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mama f (plural mama's, diminutive mamaatje n)

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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Berbice Creole Dutch: mama
  • Negerhollands: mama, Mama
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: muma

References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “mama”, in Etymologiebank, 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

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From Latin mamma.

Noun

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mama f (plural mamas)

  1. (anatomy) mamma, breast
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Verb

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mama

  1. inflection of mamar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Garo

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Etymology

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Likely from Bengali মামা (mama)

Noun

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mama

  1. maternal uncle
  2. husband of aunt
  3. father-in-law
  4. brother of father-in-law

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Guinea-Bissau Creole

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Etymology

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From Portuguese mama. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mama.

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 form mā̀mar̃)

  1. mother
    Synonym: uwa

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mā̀ma m (possessed form mā̀man)

  1. breast
    Synonym: nono

Hawaiian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈma.ma/, [ˈmɐ.mə]

Verb

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mama

  1. to chew, masticate (but not swallow)

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

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mama (plural mamák)

  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)
singular plural
nominative mama mamák
accusative mamát mamákat
dative mamának mamáknak
instrumental mamával mamákkal
causal-final mamáért mamákért
translative mamává mamákká
terminative mamáig mamákig
essive-formal mamaként mamákként
essive-modal — —
inessive mamában mamákban
superessive mamán mamákon
adessive mamánál mamáknál
illative mamába mamákba
sublative mamára mamákra
allative mamához mamákhoz
elative mamából mamákból
delative mamáról mamákról
ablative mamától mamáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		mamáé mamáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		mamáéi mamákéi
Possessive forms of mama
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. mamám mamáim
2nd person sing. mamád mamáid
3rd person sing. mamája mamái
1st person plural mamánk mamáink
2nd person plural mamátok mamáitok
3rd person plural mamájuk mamáik

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Compound words

Further reading

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

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English mama, French maman, German Mama, Italian mamma, Russian ма́ма (máma), Spanish mamá.

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mama (plural mamai)

  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 spelling ᜋᜋ)

  1. momma (a betel nut plus other ingredients to be chewed on)
    Maiparit ti agtupra ti mama.
    Spitting of momma is not allowed.

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmama/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma
  • Rhymes: -ma, -a

Etymology 1

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Originally from baby talk.

Noun

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mama (plural mama-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 from Latin mamma, from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

Noun

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mama (plural mama-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 from Russian мама (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 of mama (type 3/kana, no gradation, gemination)
singular plural
nominative mama mamat
genitive maman mammoin
partitive mammaa mamoja
illative mammaa mammoi
inessive mamas mamois
elative mamast mamoist
allative mamalle mamoille
adessive mamal mamoil
ablative mamalt mamoilt
translative mamaks mamoiks
essive mamanna, mammaan mamoinna, mammoin
exessive1) mamant mamoint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

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  • papa (“dad; papa”)

References

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  • Fedor Tumansky (1790) “мама”, in Опытъ 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], page 699
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 295

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Etymology

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From Latin mamma.

Noun

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mama m (genitive singular mama, nominative plural mamaí)

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

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Declension of mama (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative mama mamaí
vocative a mhama a mhamaí
genitive mama mamaí
dative mama mamaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an mama na mamaí
genitive an mhama na mamaí
dative leis an mama
don mhama 		leis na mamaí

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Mutated forms of mama
radical lenition eclipsis
mama mhama not 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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From Latin mamma.

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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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From Portuguese mama.

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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. to chew betel

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mama

  1. to mother

References

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

Latgalian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ. Cognates include Latvian mama and Lithuanian mama.

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

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mama f (diminutive mameņa)

  1. (colloquial) mum, mummy

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Declension of mama (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative mama mamys, mamas1)
genitive mamys, mamas1) mamu
dative mamai mamom
accusative mamu mamys, mamas1)
instrumental mamu mamom
locative mamā mamuos
vocative mama, mam mamys, mamas1)
1) dialectal

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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, page 10

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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A nursery word. From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Cognate with Proto-Slavic *mama, German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”) among others.

Noun

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mamà f (plural mãmos) stress pattern 4

  1. mother

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Declension of mamà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) mamà mãmos
genitive (kilmininkas) mamõs mamų̃
dative (naudininkas) mãmai mamóms
accusative (galininkas) mãmą mamàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) mamà mamomìs
locative (vietininkas) mamojè mamosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) mãma mãmos
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Lower Sorbian

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Etymology

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A nursery word. From Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

Cognate with German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”) among others. Cf. Proto-Slavic *tata, *baba.

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mama f (diminutive maminka)

  1. mother, mom

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Declension of mama
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative mama mamje mamy
Genitive mamy mamowu mamow
Dative mamje mamoma mamam
Accusative mamu mamje mamy
Instrumental mamu mamoma mamami
Locative mamje mamoma mamach

Further reading

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

Maguindanao

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Etymology

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From ma- and ama.

Adjective

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mama

  1. male

Noun

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mama

  1. a male

Maranao

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Etymology

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From ma- +‎ ama.

Adjective

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mama

  1. male (clarification of this definition is needed)

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mama

  1. a male

Martuthunira

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FWOTD – 10 April 2014

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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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From French maman.

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mama

  1. mother

Etymology 2

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From Hindi मामा (māmā) and Marathi मामा (māmā).

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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 from Middle High German muome, from Old High German muoma, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā (“mama, mother”), from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mama, mother; aunt, auntie”). Cognate with German Mama, English mama.

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mama f

  1. mother

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Nigerian Pidgin

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Noun

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mama

  1. mother

Old Polish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /mama/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /mama/

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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, number 1308, 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], page 12:
      Nye tako, yako ynne panny czynyv, yze schvkaya ynych opczych mam (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 obcych mam (non ut solent homines extraneam quaesivit nutricem mater puero), ale swe dzieciątko swymi pirsiami karmiła (sc. Anna)]

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Descendants

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References

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  • Boryś, Wiesław (2005) “mama”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego (in Polish), Kraków: Wydawnictwo Literackie, →ISBN
  • Mańczak, Witold (2017) “mama”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
  • Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000) “mama”, in Etymologiczny 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”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.

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mama f

  1. mom, mother

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References

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

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mama

  1. genitive/dative singular of ahaṃ (“me”)

Panyjima

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FWOTD – 2 April 2016

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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.

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From Dutch mama.

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mama

  1. mother

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mama

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

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Polish mama.

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  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: ma‧ma

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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

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Declension of mama
singular plural
nominative mama mamy
genitive mamy mam
dative mamie mamom
accusative mamę mamy
instrumental mamą mamami
locative mamie mamach
vocative mamo mamy

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According to Słownik 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]

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  1. ^ Ida Kurcz (1990) “mama”, in Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej [Frequency dictionary of the Polish language] (in Polish), volume 1, Kraków, Warszawa: Polska Akademia Nauk. Instytut Języka Polskiego, page 233

Further reading

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  • mama in Wielki 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”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
  • Magdalena Majdak (19.02.2015) “MAMA”, in Elektroniczny 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”, in Słownik języka polskiego
  • Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “mama”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
  • J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “mama”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 868
  • mama in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

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Alternative forms

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  • mamma (pre-standardization)

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Etymology 1

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    Learned borrowing from Latin mamma. Compare Italian mammella, French mamelle.

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    mama f (plural mamas)

    1. (human) breast, bosom
    2. (animal) udder, teat
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    Verb

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    mama

    1. inflection of mamar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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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

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    declension of mama
    singular plural
    nominative mama mamakuna
    accusative mamata mamakunata
    dative mamaman mamakunaman
    genitive mamap mamakunap
    locative mamapi mamakunapi
    terminative mamakama mamakunakama
    ablative mamamanta mamakunamanta
    instrumental mamawan mamakunawan
    comitative mamantin mamakunantin
    abessive mamannaq mamakunannaq
    comparative mamahina mamakunahina
    causative mamarayku mamakunarayku
    benefactive mamapaq mamakunapaq
    associative mamapura mamakunapura
    distributive mamanka mamakunanka
    exclusive mamalla mamakunalla
    possessive forms of mama
    ñuqap - first-person singular
    ñuqap (my) singular plural
    nominative mamay mamaykuna
    accusative mamayta mamaykunata
    dative mamayman mamaykunaman
    genitive mamaypa mamaykunap
    locative mamaypi mamaykunapi
    terminative mamaykama mamaykunakama
    ablative mamaymanta mamaykunamanta
    instrumental mamaywan mamaykunawan
    comitative mamaynintin mamaykunantin
    abessive mamayninnaq mamaykunannaq
    comparative mamayhina mamaykunahina
    causative mamayrayku mamaykunarayku
    benefactive mamaypaq mamaykunapaq
    associative mamaypura mamaykunapura
    distributive mamayninka mamaykunanka
    exclusive mamaylla mamaykunalla
    qampa - second-person singular
    qampa (your) singular plural
    nominative mamayki mamaykikuna
    accusative mamaykita mamaykikunata
    dative mamaykiman mamaykikunaman
    genitive mamaykipa mamaykikunap
    locative mamaykipi mamaykikunapi
    terminative mamaykikama mamaykikunakama
    ablative mamaykimanta mamaykikunamanta
    instrumental mamaykiwan mamaykikunawan
    comitative mamaykintin mamaykikunantin
    abessive mamaykinnaq mamaykikunannaq
    comparative mamaykihina mamaykikunahina
    causative mamaykirayku mamaykikunarayku
    benefactive mamaykipaq mamaykikunapaq
    associative mamaykipura mamaykikunapura
    distributive mamaykinka mamaykikunanka
    exclusive mamaykilla mamaykikunalla
    paypa - third-person singular
    paypa (his/her/its) singular plural
    nominative maman mamankuna
    accusative mamanta mamankunata
    dative mamanman mamankunaman
    genitive mamanpa mamankunap
    locative mamanpi mamankunapi
    terminative mamankama mamankunakama
    ablative mamanmanta mamankunamanta
    instrumental mamanwan mamankunawan
    comitative mamanintin mamankunantin
    abessive mamanninnaq mamankunannaq
    comparative mamanhina mamankunahina
    causative mamanrayku mamankunarayku
    benefactive mamanpaq mamankunapaq
    associative mamanpura mamankunapura
    distributive mamaninka mamankunanka
    exclusive mamanlla mamankunalla
    ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural
    ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)) singular plural
    nominative mamanchik mamanchikkuna
    accusative mamanchikta mamanchikkunata
    dative mamanchikman mamanchikkunaman
    genitive mamanchikpa mamanchikkunap
    locative mamanchikpi mamanchikkunapi
    terminative mamanchikkama mamanchikkunakama
    ablative mamanchikmanta mamanchikkunamanta
    instrumental mamanchikwan mamanchikkunawan
    comitative mamanchiknintin mamanchikkunantin
    abessive mamanchikninnaq mamanchikkunannaq
    comparative mamanchikhina mamanchikkunahina
    causative mamanchikrayku mamanchikkunarayku
    benefactive mamanchikpaq mamanchikkunapaq
    associative mamanchikpura mamanchikkunapura
    distributive mamanchikninka mamanchikkunanka
    exclusive mamanchiklla mamanchikkunalla
    ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural
    ñuqaykup (our(excl)) singular plural
    nominative mamayku mamaykukuna
    accusative mamaykuta mamaykukunata
    dative mamaykuman mamaykukunaman
    genitive mamaykupa mamaykukunap
    locative mamaykupi mamaykukunapi
    terminative mamaykukama mamaykukunakama
    ablative mamaykumanta mamaykukunamanta
    instrumental mamaykuwan mamaykukunawan
    comitative mamaykuntin mamaykukunantin
    abessive mamaykunnaq mamaykukunannaq
    comparative mamaykuhina mamaykukunahina
    causative mamaykurayku mamaykukunarayku
    benefactive mamaykupaq mamaykukunapaq
    associative mamaykupura mamaykukunapura
    distributive mamaykunka mamaykukunanka
    exclusive mamaykulla mamaykukunalla
    qamkunap - second-person plural
    qamkunap (your(pl)) singular plural
    nominative mamaykichik mamaykichikkuna
    accusative mamaykichikta mamaykichikkunata
    dative mamaykichikman mamaykichikkunaman
    genitive mamaykichikpa mamaykichikkunap
    locative mamaykichikpi mamaykichikkunapi
    terminative mamaykichikkama mamaykichikkunakama
    ablative mamaykichikmanta mamaykichikkunamanta
    instrumental mamaykichikwan mamaykichikkunawan
    comitative mamaykichiknintin mamaykichikkunantin
    abessive mamaykichikninnaq mamaykichikkunannaq
    comparative mamaykichikhina mamaykichikkunahina
    causative mamaykichikrayku mamaykichikkunarayku
    benefactive mamaykichikpaq mamaykichikkunapaq
    associative mamaykichikpura mamaykichikkunapura
    distributive mamaykichikninka mamaykichikkunanka
    exclusive mamaykichiklla mamaykichikkunalla
    paykunap - third-person plural
    paykunap (their) singular plural
    nominative mamanku mamankukuna
    accusative mamankuta mamankukunata
    dative mamankuman mamankukunaman
    genitive mamankupa mamankukunap
    locative mamankupi mamankukunapi
    terminative mamankukama mamankukunakama
    ablative mamankumanta mamankukunamanta
    instrumental mamankuwan mamankukunawan
    comitative mamankuntin mamankukunantin
    abessive mamankunnaq mamankukunannaq
    comparative mamankuhina mamankukunahina
    causative mamankurayku mamankukunarayku
    benefactive mamankupaq mamankukunapaq
    associative mamankupura mamankukunapura
    distributive mamankunka mamankukunanka
    exclusive mamankulla mamankukunalla

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.

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    mama

    1. to chew

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    mama

    1. definite nominative/accusative singular of mamă

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    Etymology

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    From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.

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    māmá class 1a (plural bāmâmá class 2a)

    1. my mother
    2. my maternal aunt

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

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    Etymology

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    From Latin mamma, from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

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    mama f (plural mamas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)

    1. mother

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

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    mȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)

    1. mom

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    singular plural
    nominative mama mame
    genitive mame mama
    dative mami mamama
    accusative mamu mame
    vocative mamo mame
    locative mami mamama
    instrumental mamom mamama

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Polish mama.

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

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    mama f

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

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    Declension of mama
    singular plural
    nominative mama mamy
    genitive mamy mam
    dative mamie mamōm
    accusative mamã mamy
    instrumental mamōm mamami/mamōma
    locative mamie mamach
    vocative mamo mamy
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    • mama in dykcjonorz.eu
    • mama in silling.org

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    Etymology

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    Inherited from Old Slovak mama, from Proto-Slavic *mama, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, a reduplication of *méh₂- - the root of *méh₂tēr (“mother”).

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    mama f (genitive singular mamy, nominative plural mamy, genitive plural mám, declension pattern of žena)

    1. mama

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    Declension of mama
    singular plural
    nominative mama mamy
    genitive mamy mám
    dative mame mamám
    accusative mamu mamy
    locative mame mamách
    instrumental mamou mamami

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    • “mama”, in Slovníkový 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

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    Etymology

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    From Latin mamma.

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

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    mama f (plural mamas)

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

    1. inflection of mamar:
      1. third-person singular present indicative
      2. second-person singular imperative

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    mama

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

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    mama class IX (plural mama class X)

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

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    Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mama, from Proto-Austronesian *mamah (“father’s brother”). Also possibly borrowed from Sanskrit माम (māma) or from Tamil மாமா (māmā). Compare Malay mamak.

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    mamà (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ)

    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) any relative of the father or mother
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    Each pronunciation has a different source:

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

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    mama or mamá (masculine papa, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ) (colloquial, familiar, childish)

    1. mum, mom
      Synonyms: ma, ina, nanay, inay, nay, inang, nanang

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    From Proto-Philippine *mamaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq (“chew without intending to swallow, as betel nut; premasticate food to give to an infant; premasticated food”). Compare Javanese ꦩꦩꦃ (mamah) and Malay mamah.

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    mamâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ)

    1. betelnut chewing
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    mamâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ) (obsolete)

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

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    • “mama”, in Pambansang 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 .|. ᜋ . 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.”

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    mama

    1. to chew betel

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    Etymology

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    From English mama.

    Noun

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    mama

    1. mother
      Antonym: papa

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    mama class 1a (plural ŵamama class 2)

    1. mother, mom

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

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    mama (definite accusative mamayı, plural mamalar)

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

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    Inflection
    Nominative mama
    Definite accusative mamayı
    Singular Plural
    Nominative mama mamalar
    Definite accusative mamayı mamaları
    Dative mamaya mamalara
    Locative mamada mamalarda
    Ablative mamadan mamalardan
    Genitive mamanın mamaların
    Possessive forms
    Nominative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular mamam mamalarım
    2nd singular maman mamaların
    3rd singular maması mamaları
    1st plural mamamız mamalarımız
    2nd plural mamanız mamalarınız
    3rd plural mamaları mamaları
    Definite accusative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular mamamı mamalarımı
    2nd singular mamanı mamalarını
    3rd singular mamasını mamalarını
    1st plural mamamızı mamalarımızı
    2nd plural mamanızı mamalarınızı
    3rd plural mamalarını mamalarını
    Dative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular mamama mamalarıma
    2nd singular mamana mamalarına
    3rd singular mamasına mamalarına
    1st plural mamamıza mamalarımıza
    2nd plural mamanıza mamalarınıza
    3rd plural mamalarına mamalarına
    Locative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular mamamda mamalarımda
    2nd singular mamanda mamalarında
    3rd singular mamasında mamalarında
    1st plural mamamızda mamalarımızda
    2nd plural mamanızda mamalarınızda
    3rd plural mamalarında mamalarında
    Ablative
    Singular Plural
    1st singular mamamdan mamalarımdan
    2nd singular mamandan mamalarından
    3rd singular mamasından mamalarından
    1st plural mamamızdan mamalarımızdan
    2nd plural mamanızdan mamalarınızdan
    3rd plural mamalarından mamalarından
    Genitive
    Singular Plural
    1st singular mamamın mamalarımın
    2nd singular mamanın mamalarının
    3rd singular mamasının mamalarının
    1st plural mamamızın mamalarımızın
    2nd plural mamanızın mamalarınızın
    3rd plural mamalarının mamalarının

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    mama

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

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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    mama

    1. smallpox
      Synonym: jäjek

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    mama f (diminutive mamička or mamimka)

    1. mama, mommy, mum

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    Declension of mama
    singular dual plural
    nominative mama mamje mamy
    genitive mamy mamow mamow
    dative mamje mamomaj mamam
    accusative mamu mamje mamy
    instrumental mamu mamomaj mamami
    locative mamje mamomaj mamach
    vocative mama mamje mamy
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    Verb

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    mama

    1. to suck

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    Etymology

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    From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mamma.

    Noun

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    mama f (plural mame)

    1. mother
    2. mum, mummy

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    Etymology

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    Compare Guugu Yimidhirr mayi.

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    mama

    1. (vegetable-based) food

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

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    Noun

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    mama

    1. mother
      Synonym: mamu

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    The terms mama and mamu are used for referring to a mother, whereas the term yaya is used for addressing one's mother.

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

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    Variant orthographies
    ALIV mama
    Brazilian standard mama
    New Tribes mama

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    • maama (Caura River dialect)

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    Noun

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    mama

    1. (Cunucunuma River dialect) first-person possessed form of nü

    Yoruba

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    Etymology

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    Probably influenced by English mama, may have existed before contact with English though. Possibly a corruption of mọ̀mọ́.

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    Noun

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    màmá

    1. mother
      Synonyms: iye, ìyá, mọ́mì, yèyé, èye
    2. a term of endearment or respect for an older woman or female relative
      Synonyms: iye, ìyá, mọ́mì, yèyé

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