mama

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Derived terms 1.4.2 Related terms 1.4.3 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Aymara 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Synonyms 4 Ewe 4.1 Noun 5 Galician 5.1 Verb 6 Hungarian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Noun 6.2.1 Declension 6.2.2 Synonyms 6.2.3 Derived terms 7 Korean 7.1 Noun 8 Krisa 8.1 Pronoun 9 Lithuanian 9.1 Noun 9.1.1 Declension 9.1.2 Related terms 10 Mandarin 10.1 Pronunciation 10.2 Noun 10.2.1 Usage notes 10.2.2 See also 11 Martuthunira 11.1 Pronunciation 11.2 Noun 11.2.1 References 12 Nigerian Pidgin 12.1 Noun 13 Panyjima 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Noun 13.2.1 Synonyms 13.2.2 References 14 Pitjantjatjara 14.1 Noun 14.1.1 Synonyms 14.1.2 Derived terms 15 Polish 15.1 Noun 15.1.1 Declension 15.1.2 Related terms 16 Romanian 16.1 Noun 17 Serbo-Croatian 17.1 Pronunciation 17.2 Noun 17.2.1 Declension 18 Slovak 18.1 Noun 18.1.1 Derived terms 19 Spanish 19.1 Noun 19.1.1 Related terms 20 Swahili 20.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• mamma
• momma

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈmɑmə/, SAMPA: /"mAm@/

[edit] Noun

mama (plural mamas)

1. (hypocoristic) Mother, female parent.

[edit] Derived terms

• whoa mama

[edit] Related terms

• mom
• mommy
• mother
• mum
• mummy

[edit] Translations

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of aamm
• amma
• ma'am

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[edit] Aymara

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma.ma/

[edit] Noun

mama

1. mother
2. Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).

   tatanak mamanaka

   ladies and gentlemen

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈmɑmɑ/

[edit] Noun

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

1. mama, mother

   Mama, ik heb honger!

   Mommy, I’m hungry!

[edit] Synonyms

• ma, mam
• moeder, moe, moeke (Flemish)

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[edit] Ewe

[edit] Noun

mama

1. grandmother

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[edit] Galician

[edit] Verb

mama

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

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɒmɒ/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ma

[edit] Noun

mama (plural mamák)

1. mom

[edit] Declension

declension of mama singular plural nominative mama mamák accusative mamát mamákat dative mamának mamáknak instrumental mamával mamákkal causal-final mamáért mamákért translative mamává mamákká terminative mamáig mamákig essive-formal mamaként mamákként essive-modal - - inessive mamában mamákban superessive mamán mamákon adessive mamánál mamáknál illative mamába mamákba sublative mamára mamákra allative mamához mamákhoz elative mamából mamákból delative mamáról mamákról ablative mamától mamáktól

possessives of mama possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. mamám mamáim 2nd person sing. mamád mamáid 3rd person sing. mamája mamái 1st person plural mamánk mamáink 2nd person plural mamátok mamáitok 3rd person plural mamájuk mamáik

[edit] Synonyms

• anya

[edit] Derived terms

• nagymama

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[edit] Korean

[edit] Noun

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

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[edit] Krisa

[edit] Pronoun

mama

1. you

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[edit] Lithuanian

[edit] Noun

mama f. (plural mamos)

1. mother

[edit] Declension

[edit] Related terms

• mamytė, mamelė (diminutive)

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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
   • mama de mama jiaozuo waipo.

   The mother’s mother is called grandmother (maternal grandmother).

   • mama de baba jiaozuo waigong.

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

[edit] Usage notes

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

[edit] See also

• (Min Nan) 阿母 (a-bú)

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[edit] Martuthunira

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mama/

[edit] Noun

mama

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

[edit] References

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

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[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

[edit] Noun

mama

1. mother

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[edit] Panyjima

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mama/

[edit] Noun

mama

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

[edit] Synonyms

• papu (father)

[edit] 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.

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[edit] Pitjantjatjara

[edit] Noun

mama

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

[edit] Synonyms

• punari

[edit] Derived terms

• mama maḻatja
• mama ngunytju
• mama puḻka
• maṟa mama
• tjina mama

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Noun

mama f.

1. mum

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Related terms

• mamusia (diminutive)
• matka

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Noun

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

1. the mother

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mâma/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ma

[edit] Noun

mȁma f. (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)

1. mom

[edit] Declension

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Noun

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

1. mama

[edit] Derived terms

• mamička f.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

mama f. (plural mamas)

1. breast, mamma

[edit] Related terms

• mamar
• mamífero

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Noun

mama

1. mother (one’s female parent)