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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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mama (plural mamas)

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

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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.

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mama

  1. father

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Aukan

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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

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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 mamamamalar
definite accusative mamanımamaları
dative mamayamamalara
locative mamadamamalarda
ablative mamadanmamalardan
definite genitive mamanınmamaların
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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Possibly from Spanish mamá. Compare Tagalog mama, Cebuano mama.

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

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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]

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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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Etymology

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Possibly from Spanish mamá. Compare Tagalog mama, Bikol Central mama.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma

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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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mama

  1. ring (for one's finger)

Galician

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Etymology 1

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    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mama, from Latin mamma.

    Noun

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    mama f (plural mamas)

    1. (anatomy) mamma, breast
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    Etymology 2

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    See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

    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)

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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.

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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]

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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.

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    IPA(key): /ˈma.ma/, [ˈmɐ.mə]

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    mama

    1. to chew, masticate (but not swallow)

    References

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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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    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

    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 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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    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).

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    mama (plural mama-mama)

    1. (medicine) mamma, breast, udder (the milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals)
      Synonyms: buah dada, bukit kembar, gunung kembar, payudara, susu, tetek, toket
    2. (meteorology) mamma (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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    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.

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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

    Irish

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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
    singular plural
    nominative mama mamaí
    vocative a mhama a mhamaí
    genitive mama mamaí
    dative mama mamaí
    forms with the definite article
    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

    Noun

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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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    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.

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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 mamomi̇̀s
    locative (vietininkas) mamojè mamosè
    vocative (šauksmininkas) mãma mãmos
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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

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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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    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

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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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    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

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    Pronunciation

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

    Etymology 1

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      Inherited from Latin mamma.

      Noun

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      mama f (plural mamas)

      1. breast
      2. teat; udder
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      Etymology 2

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      See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

      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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      • Antônio Geraldo da Cunha (2020–2025) “mama”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do Português Medieval (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

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

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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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      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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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.

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      mama f

      1. mom, mother

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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”)

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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)

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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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      Etymology

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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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      Polish

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      Etymology

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      Inherited from Old Polish mama.

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      • Audio:(file)
      • 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

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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 spelling)

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        Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese mama, from Latin mamma. Compare Galician mama.

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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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        Rapa Nui

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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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        Declension of mama
        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/
        • Audio:(file)
        • 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
        (pattern žena)
        singularplural
        nominativemamamamy
        genitivemamymám
        dativemamemamám
        accusativemamumamy
        locativemamemamách
        instrumentalmamoumamami

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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

        Spanish

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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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        Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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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 Chamorro måma' and 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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        Etymology 2

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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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        Etymology 3

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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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        Verb

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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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        Declension of mama
        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

        Turkmen

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

        Noun

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        mama

        1. smallpox
          Synonym: jäjek

        Upper Sorbian

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        Noun

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        mama f (diminutive mamička or mamimka)

        1. mama, mommy, mum

        Declension

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        Declension of mama (feminine hard stem)
        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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        Venda

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        Verb

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        mama

        1. to suck

        Venetan

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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

        Wanyi

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        Etymology

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        Compare Guugu Yimidhirr mayi.

        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, in Verb First: On the syntax of verb-initial languages (2005)

        West Makian

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        Noun

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        mama

        1. mother
          Synonym: mamu

        Usage notes

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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.

        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
        ALIV mama
        Brazilian standard mama
        New Tribes mama

        Alternative forms

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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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        Alternative forms

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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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        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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