mama

See also: Mama, mamá, mamã, māma‎, mamă, мама, and mamma

EnglishEdit

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Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From a reduplication of ma; a trend present in many Indo-European languages, probably with ultimate origin in baby talk; or perhaps representing, in altered form, a continuation of Middle English mome (“mother, aunt”), 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”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mama (plural mamas)

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

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

mother — see mother
mum — see mum

AnagramsEdit

AymaraEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mama

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

Chinook JargonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English or French mama.

NounEdit

mama

  1. mother

SynonymsEdit

Coordinate termsEdit

  • (with regards to gender): papa

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. mama, mother
    Mama, ik heb honger!
    Mommy, I’m hungry!

SynonymsEdit

EweEdit

NounEdit

mama

  1. grandmother

GalicianEdit

VerbEdit

mama

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

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

mama (plural mamák)

  1. mom

DeclensionEdit

declension of mama
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
possessives of mama
possessor singular possession plural possession
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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

IdoEdit

NounEdit

mama (plural mamai)

  1. mama, mom, mommy, mum

SynonymsEdit

KrisaEdit

PronounEdit

mama

  1. you

LithuanianEdit

NounEdit

mama f (plural mamos)

  1. mother

DeclensionEdit

declension of mama
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) mama mamos
genitive (kilmininkas) mamos mamų
dative (naudininkas) mamai mamoms
accusative (galininkas) mamą mamas
instrumental (įnagininkas) mama mamomis
locative (vietininkas) mamoje mamose
vocative (šauksmininkas) mama mamos

Related termsEdit

  • mamytė, mamelė (diminutive)

Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mama f (diminutive maminka)

  1. mother, mom

DeclensionEdit

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

MartuthuniraEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mama

  1. paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother

ReferencesEdit

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

Nigerian PidginEdit

NounEdit

mama

  1. mother

PanyjimaEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mama

  1. Father; paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother.

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • 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.

PitjantjatjaraEdit

NounEdit

mama

  1. father
  2. father’s older brother or close male friend; uncle
  3. god

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mama f

  1. mum

DeclensionEdit

    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

Related termsEdit

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mamma.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

mama f (plural mamas)

  1. boob, boobie
  2. udder
  3. teat

VerbEdit

mama

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of mamar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of mamar

RomanianEdit

NounEdit

mama f (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of mamă)

  1. the mother

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

NounEdit

mȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)

  1. mom

DeclensionEdit

    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

SlovakEdit

NounEdit

mama f, declension pattern žena

  1. mama

Derived termsEdit

  • mamička f

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin mamma.

NounEdit

mama f (plural mamas)

  1. breast, mamma

Related termsEdit

VerbEdit

mama

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mamar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mamar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mamar.

SwahiliEdit

NounEdit

mama (n class, plural mama)

  1. mother (female parent)

Coordinate termsEdit

Tok PisinEdit

EtymologyEdit

English mama

NounEdit

mama

  1. mother
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:20 (translation here):
      Man i kolim meri bilong em Iv, long wanem, em i tumbuna mama bilong olgeta manmeri.

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

  • mama karim


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TurkishEdit

NounEdit

mama (definite accusative mamayı, plural mamalar)

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

DeclensionEdit

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

VenetianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Italian mamma

NounEdit

mama f (plural mame)

  1. mother
  2. mum, mummy

WanyiEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Guugu Yimidhirr mayi.

NounEdit

mama

  1. (vegetable-based) food

ReferencesEdit

  • 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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