mama
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by 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)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
'Are'areEdit
NounEdit
mama
ReferencesEdit
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
AmisEdit
NounEdit
mama
AukanEdit
NounEdit
mama
AymaraEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama
- mother
- Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
- tatanak mamanaka ― ladies and gentlemen
AzerbaijaniEdit
NounEdit
mama (definite accusative mamanı, plural mamalar)
Usage notesEdit
DeclensionEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Şirəliyev M. Ş., İslamov M. İ., editors (1999–2003) , “mama”, in Azərbaycan dialektoloji lüğəti [Azerbaijani Dialectological Dictionary] (in Azerbaijani), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu.
Further readingEdit
- “mama” in Obastan.com.
BavarianEdit
NounEdit
mama
ReferencesEdit
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Bikol CentralEdit
NounEdit
mama (masculine papa)
- 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
- a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (plural mames)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mama” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “mama” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “mama” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “mama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CebuanoEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: ma‧ma
NounEdit
mama
- 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
- a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife
Chinook JargonEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English mama or French maman.
NounEdit
mama
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (plural mama's, diminutive mamaatje n)
Alternative formsEdit
EweEdit
NounEdit
mama
FijianEdit
NounEdit
mama
- ring (for one's finger)
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mama f (plural mamas)
Related termsEdit
VerbEdit
mama
Guinea-Bissau CreoleEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese mama. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mama.
NounEdit
mama
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama (plural mamák)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 termsEdit
IdoEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English mama, French maman, German Mama, Italian mamma, Russian ма́ма (máma), Spanish mamá.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama (plural mamai)
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mama m (genitive singular mama, nominative plural mamaí)
DeclensionEdit
MutationEdit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 readingEdit
- "mama" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “mama”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “mama” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
IstriotEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mama f
See alsoEdit
JapaneseEdit
RomanizationEdit
mama
KabuverdianuEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Portuguese mama.
NounEdit
mama
KrisaEdit
PronounEdit
mama
LaboyaEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
VerbEdit
mama
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
mama
- to mother
ReferencesEdit
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “mama”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah
LithuanianEdit
NounEdit
mamà f (plural mãmos) stress pattern 4
DeclensionEdit
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | mamà | mãmos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | mamõs | mamų̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | mãmai | mamóms |
accusative (galininkas) | mãmą | mamàs |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | mamà | mamomìs |
locative (vietininkas) | mamojè | mamosè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | mãma | mãmos |
Related termsEdit
Lower SorbianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (diminutive maminka)
DeclensionEdit
MaquiritariEdit
NounEdit
mama
- mother (used when addressing one’s mother, but not when referring to her)
ReferencesEdit
- Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
MartuthuniraEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama
- 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.
Mauritian CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
mama
Etymology 2Edit
From Hindi मामा (māmā) and Marathi मामा (māmā).
NounEdit
mama
ReferencesEdit
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
MòchenoEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
mama f
ReferencesEdit
- “mama” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
- “mama” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Nigerian PidginEdit
NounEdit
mama
PaliEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronounEdit
mama
PanyjimaEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama
- father
- Synonym: papu
- paternal uncle (one’s father’s brother)
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.
PapiamentuEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mama
PitjantjatjaraEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama
- father
- Synonym: punari
- father’s older brother or close male friend; uncle
- Synonym: mama puḻka
- god
Derived termsEdit
- mama maḻatja (“father's younger brother; uncle”)
- mama ngunytju (“parents”)
- maṟa mama (“thumb”)
- tjina mama (“big toe”)
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- mama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mammella, French mamelle.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (plural mamas)
VerbEdit
mama
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of mamar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of mamar
QuechuaEdit
NounEdit
mama
- mother
- madam, lady
- (figuratively) nest, home
- (geology) vein
- (mathematics) matrix
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |
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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 |
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 (your) | singular | plural |
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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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 |
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit
RomanianEdit
NounEdit
mama f
Rwanda-RundiEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
NounEdit
māmá 1a (plural bāmâmá 2a)
See alsoEdit
SardinianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin mamma, from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (plural mamas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)
See alsoEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)
DeclensionEdit
SlovakEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (genitive singular mamy, nominative plural mamy, genitive plural mám, declension pattern of žena)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- mama in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (plural mamas)
Related termsEdit
VerbEdit
mama
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mamar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mamar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mamar.
SwahiliEdit
NounEdit
mama (n class, plural mama)
Derived termsEdit
- mama mboga (“female vegetable hawker”)
- mama ntilie (“female food hawker”)
- mama samaki (“female fish hawker”)
TagalogEdit
Pronunciation 1Edit
NounEdit
mama
- a term used in referring to, or in addressing, a male unknown to the speaker
Pronunciation 2Edit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish mamá, adapted from French maman.
NounEdit
mama
- (colloquial, familiar, childish) mum, mom
Pronunciation 3Edit
NounEdit
mama
Related termsEdit
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mama
- mother
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 3:20:
- Man i kolim meri bilong em Iv, long wanem, em i tumbuna mama bilong olgeta manmeri.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Antonym: papa
Derived termsEdit
TumbukaEdit
NounEdit
mama 1a (plural ŵamama 2)
Coordinate termsEdit
TurkishEdit
NounEdit
mama (definite accusative mamayı, plural mamalar)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Upper SorbianEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mama f (diminutive mamička or mamimka)
DeclensionEdit
Related termsEdit
VendaEdit
VerbEdit
mama
- to suck
VenetianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mamma.
NounEdit
mama f (plural mame)
WanyiEdit
EtymologyEdit
Compare Guugu Yimidhirr mayi.
NounEdit
mama
- (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)
YorubaEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
màmá