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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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mem
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?m/
- Rhymes: -?m
Etymology 1
From Phoenician ????????? (mm /mem/, “water”), from Proto-Semitic *ma?- (“*ma?-/*may-”).
Alternative forms
- meem, mim
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Translations
Etymology 2
Shortening.
Noun
mem (plural mems)
- (computing) A memory access as part of processing.
Further reading
- mem on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- EMM, Emm
Catalan
Etymology
English meme
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?m?m/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?m?m/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?mem/
Noun
mem m (plural mems)
- meme (unit of cultural information)
- internet meme
Further reading
- mem on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
- mem d'Internet on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Czech
Noun
mem m
- meme
Related terms
- memetika f
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
- Hyphenation: mem
- Audio:
Particle
mem
- -self, -selves
- 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj, [1]
- KROGSTAD. Vere ne? ?ajnas al mi, ke vi mem ?us diris —
- KROGSTAD. Truly not? It seems to me, that you yourself just said —
- KROGSTAD. Vere ne? ?ajnas al mi, ke vi mem ?us diris —
- 1998, Henrik Ibsen, trans. Odd Tangerud Puphejmo : Dramo en tri aktoj, [1]
Derived terms
- memportreto
Pronoun
mem
- itself
Finnish
Noun
mem
- mem (thirteenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Anagrams
- -mme
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from French même, from Old French mesme, from Vulgar Latin *metipsimus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
Adverb
mem
- even, still (in comparson)
- (emphasis) really, indeed
See also
- ya (“indeed”)
Italian
Etymology
From Hebrew ??? (m?m), from Phoenician ????????? (mm, “water”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mem/
- Hyphenation: mém
Noun
mem m or f (invariable)
- mem, specifically:
- The name of the Phoenician-script letter ????
- The name of the Hebrew-script letter ?/?
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mem/
Etymology
From French même.
Adjective
mem
- same
Adverb
mem
- even
Derived terms
- mem si
Polish
Etymology
From English meme.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?m/
Noun
mem m inan
- meme (unit of cultural information)
- meme (something copied and circulated online)
Declension
Further reading
- mem in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- mem in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Etymology
From English meme coined by Richard Dawkins in The Selfish Gene (1976), similar to gene. The book was translated to Swedish by Roland Adlerbeth, Den själviska genen (1983). The Swedish word mem follows the grammar of gen (“gene”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /me?m/
Noun
mem c
- a meme (unit of cultural information)
Declension
Related terms
- memetik
Tocharian A
Etymology
From Proto-Tocharian *meim, a nominal derivative of *mei- (“to measure”). Possibly linked to Proto-Indo-European *mod-ye/o- or *m?dye/o-, derivatives of *med- (“to measure, give advice, heal”) (whence Latin meditor), or alternatively to *meh?-ye/o- from *meh?- (“to measure”) (whence Latin m?tior). Compare Tocharian B maim.
Noun
mem
- thought, thinking
Volapük
Noun
mem (nominative plural mems)
- memory
Declension
West Frisian
Etymology
Probably from Old Frisian *m?me, from Proto-West Germanic *m?m?. Compare English mum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m?m/
Noun
mem c (plural memmen, diminutive memke)
- mother, mom
- Coordinate term: heit
Further reading
- “mem”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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