mamá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mama"

Asturian

Noun

mamá f (plural mamás)

1. Alternative form of ma

Galician

Alternative forms

• ma, mamai, mamaie, mamaíña

Etymology

Compare Spanish mamá.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [maˈma]

Noun

mamá f (plural mamás)

1. (colloquial, endearing, vocative) mum, mom
2. (followed by a proper name) grandmother

References

• “mamá” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “mamá” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “mamá” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Lingala

Noun

mamá class 1 (plural bamamá class 2)

1. mother, mum, mom

References

• Ashem Tem Kawata (2014) Dictionnaire lingala-falansé et français-lingala, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maˈma/ [maˈma]

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• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ma‧má

Etymology 1

Adapted from French maman.

Noun

mamá f (plural mamás)

1. (colloquial, familiar, endearing) mum, mom

   Synonym: mami

2. (Mexico) a term of affection for a woman

Derived terms

• mamá de Tarzán

 

See also

• papá
• bebé

Etymology 2

Verb

mamá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of mamar

Further reading

• “mamá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014