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mama
English
Alternative forms
- mamma, momma
Etymology
Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by Middle English mome (“mother, aunt”), from Old English *m?me, from Proto-West Germanic *m?m?, from Proto-Germanic *m?m? (“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh?-méh?, reduplication of *méh?- (“mother”), related to German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: mä?m?, IPA(key): /?m?m?/
- (UK) IPA(key): /m??m??/
- Rhymes: -??m?
Noun
mama (plural mamas)
- (hypocoristic, usually childish, Canada, US) Mother, female parent.
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- amma, ma'am
'Are'are
Noun
mama
- father
References
- Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Amis
Noun
mama
- father
Aukan
Noun
mama
- mother
- woman
- Synonym: uman
Aymara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ma/
Noun
mama
- mother
- Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
Azerbaijani
Noun
mama (definite accusative maman?, plural mamalar)
- (dialectal)paternal aunt
- Synonym: bibi
- mom
- Synonym: ana
Usage notes
Declension
References
Further reading
- “mama” in Obastan.com.
Bavarian
Noun
mama
- (Timau) mother, mom, mama
References
- Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien.
Bikol Central
Noun
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
- Synonyms: ina, nanay
- a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ma.m?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ma.ma/
Noun
mama f (plural mames)
- (familiar) mom
- (anatomy) mamma
Derived terms
- càncer de mama (“breast cancer”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “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.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
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
- Synonyms: ina, inahan, nanay
- a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife
Chinook Jargon
Etymology
From English mama or French maman.
Noun
mama
- mother
- Synonym: naha
- Coordinate term: papa
Dutch
Etymology
Loaned from French maman
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ma?/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /m??ma?/
- Rhymes: -a?
Noun
mama f (plural mama's, diminutive mamaatje n)
- mama, mother
- Synonyms: ma, mam
- Synonyms: moeder, moe, (Flemish) moeke
Alternative forms
- mamma
References
Ewe
Noun
mama
- grandmother
Fijian
Noun
mama
- ring (for one's finger)
Galician
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Noun
mama f (plural mamas)
- (anatomy) mamma, breast
Related terms
- mamar
- mamífero
Verb
mama
- third-person singular present indicative of mamar
- second-person singular imperative of mamar
Garo
Etymology
Likely from Bengali ???? (mama)
Noun
mama
- maternal uncle
- husband of aunt
- father-in-law
- brother of father-in-law
Synonyms
- mamagipa (formal)
- mamatang (formal)
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology
From Portuguese mama. Cognate with Kabuverdianu mama.
Noun
mama
- bosom
- breast of a woman
Hausa
Noun
m??ma f (possessed form m??mar?)
- mother
- Synonym: uwa
Noun
m??ma m (possessed form m??man)
- breast
- Synonym: nono
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?m?]
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
- Rhymes: -m?
Noun
mama (plural mamák)
- mom, mum
- Synonyms: anya, anyu, édesanya, anyuka, anyuci
- Coordinate term: papa
- (dialectal) grandmom
Declension
Derived terms
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from English mama, French maman, German Mama, Italian mamma, Russian ????? (máma), Spanish mamá.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
Noun
mama (plural mamai)
- mama, mom, mommy, mum
- Synonym: matro
- Coordinate terms: papa, patro
Irish
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Noun
mama m (genitive singular mama, nominative plural mamaí)
- (literary) breast, pap
- (anatomy) mamma
- Synonym: faireog mhamach
Declension
Mutation
Further reading
- "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.
Istriot
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Noun
mama f
- mom, mamma, mother
See also
- mare
Japanese
Romanization
mama
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese mama.
Noun
mama
- bosom
- breast of a woman
Krisa
Pronoun
mama
- you
Laboya
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ma?ma]
Etymology 1
Verb
mama
- to chew betel
Etymology 2
Noun
mama
- to mother
References
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “mama”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah
Latgalian
Etymology
Originally from baby talk, possibly through or influenced by other languages. Compare Lithuanian mama, Russian ???? (mama) and English mama.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
mama f (diminutive mame?a)
- (colloquial) mum, mummy
Declension
Synonyms
- (more formal) muote
Coordinate terms
- t?te (“dad”)
References
- A. Andronov; L. Leikuma (2008) Latgal?šu-Latv?šu-Kr?vu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, ?ISBN, page 10
Lithuanian
Noun
mamà f (plural mãmos) stress pattern 4
- mother
Declension
Related terms
- mamýt?, mam?l? (diminutive)
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mama]
Noun
mama f (diminutive maminka)
- mother, mom
Declension
Further reading
- mama in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): S?ownik dolnoserbskeje r?cy a jeje nar?cow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
- mama in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski s?ownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Maquiritari
Noun
mama
- mother (used when addressing one’s mother, but not when referring to her)
References
- Ed. Key, Mary Ritchie and Comrie, Bernard. The Intercontinental Dictionary Series, Carib (De'kwana).
Martuthunira
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mama/
Noun
mama
- paternal uncle (one’s father’s brother)
References
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Mauritian Creole
Etymology 1
From French maman
Noun
mama
- mother
Etymology 2
From Hindi ???? (m?m?) and Marathi ???? (m?m?).
Noun
mama
- uncle
- Synonyms: chacha, tonton
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Mòcheno
Etymology
Possibly derived from Middle High German muome, from Old High German muoma, from Proto-West Germanic *m?m? (“mama, mother”), from Proto-Germanic *m?m? (“mama, mother; aunt, auntie”). Cognate with German Mama, English mama.
Noun
mama f
- mother
References
- “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 isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Nigerian Pidgin
Noun
mama
- mother
Pali
Alternative forms
Pronoun
mama
- genitive/dative singular of aha? (“me”)
Panyjima
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mama/
Noun
mama
- father
- Synonym: papu
- paternal uncle (one’s father’s brother)
References
- 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.
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch mama.
Noun
mama
- mother
Pitjantjatjara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?m?m?]
Noun
mama
- father
- Synonym: punari
- father’s older brother or close male friend; uncle
- Synonym: mama pu?ka
- god
Derived terms
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.ma/
Noun
mama f
- mum
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- mama in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mammella, French mamelle.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?m?.m?/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
- Rhymes: -ama
Noun
mama f (plural mamas)
- (human) breast, bosom
- (animal) udder, teat
Verb
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
Quechua
Noun
mama
- mother
- madam, lady
- (figuratively) nest, home
- (geology) vein
- (mathematics) matrix
Declension
Derived terms
- jatun mama
- mama qucha
See also
- tayta
Romanian
Noun
mama f
- definite nominative/accusative singular of mam?
Rwanda-Rundi
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *mààmá.
Noun
m?má 1a (plural b?mâmá 2a)
- my mother
- my maternal aunt
See also
- nyoko (“your mother”)
- nyina (“his/her mother”)
- data (“my father”)
Sardinian
Etymology
From Latin mamma, from Ancient Greek ????? (mámm?).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
Noun
mama f (plural mamas) (Limba Sarda Comuna)
- mother
See also
- babbu
- tzia
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mâma/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
m?ma f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- mom
Declension
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/
Noun
mama f (genitive singular mamy, nominative plural mamy, genitive plural mám, declension pattern of žena)
- mama
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- mama in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin mamma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?mama/, [?ma.ma]
Noun
mama f (plural mamas)
- (anatomy) mamma, breast
Related terms
Verb
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.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
mama (n class, plural mama)
- mother (female parent)
- Coordinate term: baba
- Respectful term of address for an older woman.
Derived terms
- mama mboga (“female vegetable hawker”)
- mama ntilie (“female food hawker”)
- mama samaki (“female fish hawker”)
Tagalog
Pronunciation 1
- IPA(key): /?ma.ma?/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
mamà
- a term used in referring to, or in addressing, a male unknown to the speaker
- Synonyms: mang, manong
Pronunciation 2
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
- IPA(key): /ma.?ma/
- IPA(key): /ma.ma/
- IPA(key): /?ma.ma/
Etymology
/ma.?ma/ from Spanish mamá, adapted from French maman. /ma.ma/ from Hokkien ??. /?ma.ma/ from English mama / momma.
Noun
mama (masculine papa)
- (colloquial, familiar, childish) mum, mom
- Synonyms: ma, ina, nanay, inay, nay, inang, nanang
- sibling of parent, younger than father or mother; any relative of the father or mother
Pronunciation 3
- IPA(key): /ma.?ma?/
- Hyphenation: ma?ma
Noun
mamâ
- betel chewing
Related terms
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English mama.
Noun
mama
- mother
- Antonym: papa
Derived terms
- mama karim
Tumbuka
Noun
mama 1a (plural ?amama 2)
- mother, mom
Coordinate terms
- dada
Turkish
Noun
mama (definite accusative mamay?, plural mamalar)
- baby food
- food (in child's language)
Declension
Upper Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?mama]
Noun
mama f (diminutive mami?ka or mamimka)
- mama, mommy, mum
Declension
Related terms
Venda
Verb
mama
- to suck
Venetian
Etymology
From Latin mamma. Compare Italian mamma.
Noun
mama f (plural mame)
- mother
- mum, mummy
Wanyi
Etymology
Compare Guugu Yimidhirr mayi.
Noun
mama
- (vegetable-based) food
References
- 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)
Yoruba
Alternative forms
- m??m??
Noun
màmá
- mother
Coordinate terms
- baba
mama From the web:
- what mama
- what mama doesn't know waterboy
- what mamacita means
- what mamamoo member are you
- what mammal lives the longest
maca
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish from Quechua maqa.
Noun
maca (uncountable)
- The Andean medicinal herb Lepidium meyenii, or an extract of the root of this plant.
- 2009, M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:
- The overwhelming majority of maca roots are dried after harvest. In the cold, dry atmosphere of the puna the dried roots remain edible for several years. A minor proportion of the freshly harvested roots are roasted in huatias, earthen ovens […]
- 2009, M. Hermann and T. Bernet, The transition of maca from neglect to market prominence, page 18:
Synonyms
- Peruvian ginseng
Translations
See also
- Lepidium meyenii on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- AACM, ACMA, Cama, MCAA, cama
Afar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m????/
Pronoun
macá
- what? (inanimate)
References
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)?[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Arabela
Noun
maca (plural macaca)
- stick
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?ma.k?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?ma.ka/
Adjective
maca
- feminine singular of maco
Classical Nahuatl
Etymology
From Proto-Nahuan *maka, from Proto-Uto-Aztecan *makaC.
Verb
maca
- give
Drehu
Noun
maca
- right (direction)
References
- Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "?De’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Finnish
Noun
maca
- maca, Peruvian ginseng, Lepidium meyenii
Declension
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?ak?/
Noun
maca
- vocative plural of mac
Mutation
Javanese
Etymology
N- +? waca (“to read”)
Verb
maca (ngoko maca, krama maos)
- to read
References
- "maca" in W. J. S. Poerwadarminta, Bausastra Jawa. J. B. Wolters' Uitgevers-Maatschappij N. V. Groningen, Batavia, 1939
Paiwan
Alternative forms
- matsa
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *maCa.
Noun
maca
- eye
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ma.t?sa/
Verb
maca
- third-person singular present of maca?
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish hamaca.
Noun
maca f (plural macas)
- stretcher (simple litter designed to carry a sick, injured or dead person)
- gurney (wheeled bed used in hospitals)
- sailor’s hammock
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *maca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??t?sa/
- Hyphenation: ma?ca
Noun
máca f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- (hypocoristic) cat, kitty
Declension
Synonyms
- (cat): ma?ka
References
- “maca” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Spanish
Etymology
From Quechua maqa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?maka/, [?ma.ka]
Noun
maca f (plural macas)
- maca (Andean herb)
Further reading
- “maca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
maca From the web:
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- what macaws are extinct
- what macaws eat
- what macarons taste like
- what macaws are endangered
- what macadamia nuts good for
- what macarena means
- what macaw was in rio
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