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mam
English
Etymology
Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Old Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”).Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.
Noun
mam (plural mams)
- (informal and colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
Usage notes
- Used in place of mum or ma in Scotland, Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.
See also
- ma'am
References
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [1]
Anagrams
- MMA
Bahnar
Etymology
From Proto-Bahnaric *ma?m. Cognate with Sedang méam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma?m/
Noun
mam
- metal, iron, steel
Derived terms
Cebuano
Etymology
Borrowed from English ma'am, contraction of madam.
Noun
mam
- An address to a female superior.
- An address to a female teacher.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
mam f (plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)
- mother
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Compare Old Irish muimme (“foster mother”), Proto-Celtic *mamm?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [m?am?]
Noun
mam f (genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)
- mam, mum, mom
Declension
Synonyms
- maime
- mamaí
Mutation
Further reading
- "mam" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [mam]
Verb
mam
- first-person singular present of m??
Derived terms
- mamk a hamk
Luxembourgish
Contraction
mam
- contraction of mat + dem; with the
North Frisian
Etymology
Cognates include West Frisian mem.
Noun
mam f (plural mamen)
- (Mooring, Föhr-Amrum) mother
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mam/
Verb
mam
- first-person singular present of mie?
Verb
mam
- second-person singular imperative of mami?
Noun
mam f
- genitive plural of mama
Further reading
- mam in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Adverb
mam (Cyrillic spelling ???)
- (Kajkavian) right now
- (Kajkavian) immediately
Related terms
- odmah
Spanish
Etymology
From the name in Mam, of Mayan origin.
Adjective
mam (plural mames)
- (relational) Mam (of or relating to the Mam people)
Noun
mam m (uncountable)
- Mam (language)
Noun
mam m or f (plural mam or mames)
- Mam
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mamm?, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *m?t?r.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mam/
Noun
mam f (plural mamau)
- mother
- ancestress
- dam
- queen bee
Coordinate terms
- mab (“son”)
- merch (“daughter”)
- tad (“father”)
Mutation
Usage notes
Some, especially northern, dialects employ a non-standard aspirate mutation of mam to mham. In practice, this only occurs after the determiner ei (“her”). See also nain to nhain for a similar example.
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “mam”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Wemba-Wemba
Noun
mam
- father
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mcm
English
Noun
mcm (plural mcm)
- Initialism of million(s) of cubic meters.
Anagrams
- MMC, cmm
Spanish
Noun
mcm m (plural mcms)
- (mathematics) Initialism of mínimo común múltiplo.
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