English edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama (plural mamas)

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

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Translations edit

Anagrams edit

'Are'are edit

Etymology edit

From the prefix ma- and ama.

Noun edit

mama

  1. father

References edit

Aklanon edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

mama

  1. to chew (tobacco, betel)

Amis edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. father

Aukan edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother
  2. woman
    Synonym: uman

Aymara edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama

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

Azerbaijani edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama (definite accusative mamanı, plural mamalar)

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

Usage notes edit

Declension edit

    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

References edit

  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 edit

  • mama” in Obastan.com.

Bavarian edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. (Timau) mother, mom, mama

References edit

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

Bikol Central edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

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 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mamâ

  1. betel nut
Derived terms edit

Brunei Malay edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. A mother.
    Synonym: babu

Catalan edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin mamma.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama f (plural mames)

  1. (informal) mom
  2. (anatomy) mamma
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

mama

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

Cebuano edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma

Noun edit

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. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be
    Synonyms: ina, inahan, nanay
  2. a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife

Chinook Jargon edit

Etymology edit

From English mama or French maman.

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother
    Synonym: naha
    Coordinate term: papa

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Loaned from French maman[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

Alternative forms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

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

Ewe edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. grandmother

Fijian edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. ring (for one's finger)

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mamma.

Noun edit

mama f (plural mamas)

  1. (anatomy) mamma, breast

Related terms edit

Verb edit

mama

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

Garo edit

Etymology edit

Likely from Bengali মামা (mama)

Noun edit

mama

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

Synonyms edit

Guinea-Bissau Creole edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mama. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mama.

Noun edit

mama

  1. bosom
  2. breast of a woman

Hausa edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mā̀ma f (possessed form mā̀mar̃)

  1. mother
    Synonym: uwa

Noun edit

mā̀ma m (possessed form mā̀man)

  1. breast
    Synonym: nono

Hawaiian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.

Pronunciation edit

IPA(key): /ˈma.ma/, [ˈmɐ.mə]

Verb edit

mama

  1. to chew, masticate (but not swallow)

References edit

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

Hungarian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama (plural mamák)

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

Declension edit

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 edit

Compound words

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English mamaFrench mamanGerman MamaItalian mammaRussian ма́ма (máma)Spanish mamá.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama (plural mamai)

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

Indonesian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Etymology 1 edit

Originally from baby talk.

Noun edit

mama (plural mama-mama, first-person possessive mamaku, second-person possessive mamamu, third-person possessive mamanya)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from Latin mamma, from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).

Noun edit

mama (plural mama-mama, first-person possessive mamaku, second-person possessive mamamu, third-person possessive mamanya)

  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.

Further reading edit

Ingrian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Russian мама (mama).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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 edit

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.

Coordinate terms edit

  • papa (“dad; papa”)

References edit

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 295

Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mamma.

Noun edit

mama m (genitive singular mama, nominative plural mamaí)

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

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
mama mhama not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Istriot edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mamma.

Noun edit

mama f

  1. mom, mamma, mother

See also edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

mama

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

Kabuverdianu edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese mama.

Noun edit

mama

  1. bosom
  2. breast of a woman

Krisa edit

Pronoun edit

mama

  1. you

Laboya edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

mama

  1. to chew betel

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. to mother

References edit

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

Latgalian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mama f (diminutive mameņa)

  1. (colloquial) mum, mummy

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Coordinate terms edit

References edit

  • A. Andronov; L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 10

Lithuanian edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

mamà f (plural mãmos) stress pattern 4

  1. mother

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Lower Sorbian edit

Etymology edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama f pers (diminutive maminka)

  1. mother, mom

Declension edit

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Etymology edit

From ma- and ama.

Adjective edit

mama

  1. male

Noun edit

mama

  1. a male

Maranao edit

Etymology edit

From ma- and ama.

Adjective edit

mama

  1. male (clarification of this definition is needed)

Noun edit

mama

  1. a male

Martuthunira edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama

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

References edit

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

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology 1 edit

From French maman.

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

mama

  1. uncle
    Synonyms: chacha, tonton

References edit

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

Mòcheno edit

Etymology edit

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.

Noun edit

mama f

  1. mother

References edit

Nigerian Pidgin edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother

Old Polish edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mama f

  1. mom, mother
    • 1950 [1470], Władysław Kuraszkiewicz, Adam Wolff, editors, Zapiski i roty polskie XV-XVI wieku z ksiąg sądowych ziemi warszawskiej, number 1308:
      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[1], 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)]

Derived terms edit

nouns

Descendants edit

References edit

Old Slovak edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.

Noun edit

mama f

  1. mom, mother

Descendants edit

References edit

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

Pali edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronoun edit

mama

  1. genitive/dative singular of ahaṃ (me)

Panyjima edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama

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

References edit

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

Papiamentu edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch mama.

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother

Pitjantjatjara edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama

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

Derived terms edit

Polish edit

 
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish mama.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama f

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

nouns

Trivia edit

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]

References edit

  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 edit

  • mama in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • mama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • mama”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2023
  • 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

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 
 

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mammella, French mamelle.

Noun edit

mama f (plural mamas)

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

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

mama

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

Quechua edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother
  2. madam, lady
  3. (figuratively) nest, home
  4. (geology) vein
  5. (mathematics) matrix

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Rapa Nui edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *mamaq.

Verb edit

mama

  1. to chew

Romanian edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of mamă

Rwanda-Rundi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.

Noun edit

māmá class 1a (plural bāmâmá class 2a)

  1. my mother
  2. my maternal aunt

See also edit

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

Sardinian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama f (plural mamas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)

  1. mother

See also edit

Serbo-Croatian edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)

  1. mom

Declension edit

Silesian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Polish mama.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mama f

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

Declension edit

Related terms edit

verbs

Further reading edit

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

Slovak edit

Etymology edit

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).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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

  1. mama

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • 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, 2024

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mamma.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mama f (plural mamas)

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

Related terms edit

Verb edit

mama

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

Further reading edit

Swahili edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama (n class, plural mama)

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

Derived terms edit

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamaʔ/, [ˈmɐ.mɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma

Noun edit

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
Derived terms edit

See also edit

Etymology 2 edit

Each pronunciation has a different source:

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma
  • IPA(key): /maˈma/, [mɐˈma] (Spanish Pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /mama/, [ma.ma] (Hokkien Pronunciation)
  • IPA(key): /ˈmama/, [ˈmɐ.mɐ] (English Pronunciation)

Noun edit

mamâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ, masculine papa) (colloquial, familiar, childish)

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

Etymology 3 edit

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.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mamâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ)

  1. betelnut chewing
Derived terms edit
See also edit

Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mamâ (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋ) (obsolete)

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

See also edit

Further reading edit

  • 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[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 173: “Comer) Mama (pc) buyo”
    • page 400: “M) Mama (pc) letra del .A.b.c. Tagalog .|. mama yaon .|. . ſumulat ca nang mama nang iniõg ſulat, eſcriue la. M. de bueſtra eſcritura, yſulat mo aco nang mama, eſcriueme vna .M.”
    • page 575: “Tio) Mama (pp) llamandole el ſobrino y como en Eſpañol vſamos llamar tio al hias viejo, tambien lo vſan eſtos y diçen, mama ay, ola tio, yaring ſi mama a, eſte mi tio.”

Tetum edit

Verb edit

mama

  1. to chew betel

Tok Pisin edit

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Etymology edit

From English mama.

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother
    Antonym: papa

Derived terms edit

Tumbuka edit

Noun edit

mama class 1a (plural ŵamama class 2)

  1. mother, mom

Coordinate terms edit

Turkish edit

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

mama (definite accusative mamayı, plural mamalar)

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

Declension edit

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

Upper Sorbian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama f (diminutive mamička or mamimka)

  1. mama, mommy, mum

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Venda edit

Verb edit

mama

  1. to suck

Venetian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mamma.

Noun edit

mama f (plural mame)

  1. mother
  2. mum, mummy

Wanyi edit

Etymology edit

Compare Guugu Yimidhirr mayi.

Noun edit

mama

  1. (vegetable-based) food

References edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama

  1. mother
    Synonym: mamu

Usage notes edit

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

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana edit

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mama

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

Yoruba edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

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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