mami
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
mami (plural mamis)
- (chiefly Latin American, Philippines) mommy, mother
- (chiefly Latin American) attractive woman; momma
- (chiefly Latin American) a term of affection for a woman
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
NounEdit
mami
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
mami
- third-person singular imperative form of mamar
- third-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar
- first-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mami f
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FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mami
- (colloquial) mom, mum
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | mami | mamit | |
genitive | mamin | mamien | |
partitive | mamia | mameja | |
illative | mamiin | mameihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | mami | mamit | |
accusative | nom. | mami | mamit |
gen. | mamin | ||
genitive | mamin | mamien | |
partitive | mamia | mameja | |
inessive | mamissa | mameissa | |
elative | mamista | mameista | |
illative | mamiin | mameihin | |
adessive | mamilla | mameilla | |
ablative | mamilta | mameilta | |
allative | mamille | mameille | |
essive | mamina | mameina | |
translative | mamiksi | mameiksi | |
instructive | — | mamein | |
abessive | mamitta | mameitta | |
comitative | — | mameineen |
Possessive forms of mami (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | mamini | mamimme |
2nd person | mamisi | maminne |
3rd person | maminsa |
IdoEdit
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mami
JapaneseEdit
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mami
KaurnaEdit
NounEdit
mami
- species of possum
Mauritian CreoleEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
mami
- grandmother
- Synonym: granmer
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
mami
PijinEdit
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mami
PolishEdit
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mami
SakizayaEdit
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mami
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
mami f (plural mamis)
- (informal) mommy
- (Central America, Philippines) mother
- (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
- (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
- (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
- (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “mami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
TagalogEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Hokkien 肉麵 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”), according to Gloria Chan-Yap. An alternate etymology says it comes from Hokkien 馬麵 (má-mī, “Ma’s noodles”), noodles peddled by Ma Mon Luk (馬文祿, Cantonese Yale: Máh Màhn-luhk; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má Bûn Lo̍k) since 1920s in Binondo, Manila.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: ma‧mi
NounEdit
mami
- a dish of wheat noodles and cellophane noodles mixed with pork, chicken, pork liver, cabbage, carrots, shrimp (fresh or dried) and squid (fresh or dried)
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mami