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See also Mama, mamá, mamã, and māma‎

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Reduplication of ma; a trend present in many Indo-European languages, probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
mama

Plural
mamas

mama (plural mamas)

  1. (hypocoristic) Mother, female parent.

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[edit] Aymara

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mama

  1. mother
  2. Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
    tatanak mamanaka
    ladies and gentlemen


[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

mama f. (plural mama’s, diminutive mamaatje)

  1. mama, mother
    Mama, ik heb honger!
    Mommy, I’m hungry!

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[edit] Ewe

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mama

  1. grandmother

[edit] Galician

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mama

  1. third-person singular present indicative of mamar.
  2. second-person singular imperative of mamar.

[edit] Hungarian

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  • IPA: /ˈmɒmɒ/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma

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mama (plural mamák)

  1. mom

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[edit] Korean

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mama (마마, 媽媽)

  1. (honorific) Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty
  2. (honorific) Madame for a concubine of an ancient high-ranking official
  3. (honorific) goddess who is allegedly responsible for smallpox
  4. smallpox; pockmark

[edit] Krisa

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mama

  1. you

[edit] Lithuanian

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mama f. (plural mamos)

  1. mother

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[edit] Mandarin

simplified

妈妈

traditional

媽媽

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ma˥˥ma/

[edit] Noun

mama (Pinyin māma, traditional 媽媽, simplified 妈妈)

  1. (informal) mother
    The mother’s mother is called grandmother (maternal grandmother).
    The mother’s father is called grandfather (maternal grandfather).

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  • Informal term for mother. The more formal term is muqin.

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[edit] Martuthunira

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mama

  1. paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother

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  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

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mama

  1. mother

[edit] Panyjima

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mama

  1. Father; paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother.

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  • 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.

[edit] Pitjantjatjara

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mama

  1. father
  2. father’s older brother or close male friend; uncle
  3. god

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[edit] Polish

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mama f.

  1. mum

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Singular Plural
Nominative mama mamy
Genitive mamy mam
Dative mamie mamom
Accusative mamę mamy
Instrumental mamą mamami
Locative mamie mamach
Vocative mamo mamy

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[edit] Romanian

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mama f. (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of mamă)

  1. the mother

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /mâma/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ma

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mȁma f. (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)

  1. mom

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[edit] Slovak

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mama f. (plural mamy) mam stem mám gen pl (declension pattern): žena

  1. mama

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[edit] Spanish

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mama f. (plural mamas)

Singular
mama f.

Plural
mamas f.

  1. breast, mamma

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[edit] Swahili

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mama

  1. mother (one’s female parent)


This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at mother. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see mama in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) April 2009