mama

See also Mama, mamá, mamã, māma‎, mamă, мама, and mamma

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• mamma
• momma

Etymology

From a reduplication of ma; a trend present in many Indo-European languages, probably with ultimate origin in baby talk; or perhaps representing, in altered form, a continuation of Middle English mome (“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of *méh₂- (“mother”), related to German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”).

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) enPR: mäʹmə, IPA: /ˈmɑmə/, X-SAMPA: /"mAm@/
• (UK) IPA: /məˈmɑː/, X-SAMPA: /m@"mA:/

Noun

mama (plural mamas)

1. (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.

Related terms

• mom
• mommy
• mother
• mum
• mummy

Translations

mother — see mother

mum — see mum

Anagrams

• amma
• ma'am

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Aymara

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma.ma/

Noun

mama

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

   tatanak mamanaka

   ladies and gentlemen

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Chinook Jargon

Etymology

From English or French mama.

Noun

mama

1. mother

Synonyms

• naha

Coordinate terms

• (with regards to gender): papa

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈmɑmaː/

Noun

mama f (plural mama's, diminutive mamaatje)

1. mama, mother

   Mama, ik heb honger!

   Mommy, I’m hungry!

Synonyms

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

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Ewe

Noun

mama

1. grandmother

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Galician

Verb

mama

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

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmɒmɒ/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ma

Noun

mama (plural mamák)

1. mom

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

Synonyms

• anya

Derived terms

• nagymama

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Ido

Noun

mama (plural mamai)

1. mama, mom, mommy, mum

Synonyms

• matro

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Krisa

Pronoun

mama

1. you

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Lithuanian

Noun

mama f (plural mamos)

1. mother

Declension

declension of mama

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	mama	mamos
genitive (kilmininkas)	mamos	mamų
dative (naudininkas)	mamai	mamoms
accusative (galininkas)	mamą	mamas
instrumental (įnagininkas)	mama	mamomis
locative (vietininkas)	mamoje	mamose
vocative (šauksmininkas)	mama	mamos

Related terms

• mamytė, mamelė (diminutive)

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Martuthunira

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mama/

Noun

mama

1. 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.

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Nigerian Pidgin

Noun

mama

1. mother

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Panyjima

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mama/

Noun

mama

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

Synonyms

• papu (father)

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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Pitjantjatjara

Noun

mama

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

Synonyms

• punari

Derived terms

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmama/

• audio

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Noun

mama f

1. mum

Declension

    declension of mama

	singular	plural
nominative	mama	mamy
genitive	mamy	mam
dative	mamie	mamom
accusative	mamę	mamy
instrumental	mamą	mamami
locative	mamie	mamach
vocative	mamo	mamy

Related terms

• mamusia (diminutive)
• matka

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Portuguese

Verb

mama

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of mamar
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of mamar

mama f (plural mamas)

1. boob, boobie

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Romanian

Noun

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

1. the mother

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mâma/
• Hyphenation: ma‧ma

Noun

mȁma f (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)

1. mom

Declension

    declension of mama

	singular	plural
nominative	mama	mame
genitive	mame	mama
dative	mami	mamama
accusative	mamu	mame
vocative	mamo	mame
locative	mami	mamama
instrumental	mamom	mamama

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Slovak

Noun

mama f , declension pattern žena

1. mama

Derived terms

• mamička f

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Noun

mama f (plural mamas)

1. breast, mamma

Related terms

• mamar
• mamífero

Verb

mama (infinitive mamar)

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mamar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mamar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mamar.

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Swahili

Noun

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

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English mama

Noun

mama

1. mother
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:20 (translation here):

     Man i kolim meri bilong em Iv, long wanem, em i tumbuna mama bilong olgeta manmeri.

Antonyms

• papa

Derived terms

• mama karim

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Turkish

Noun

mama (definite accusative mamayı, plural mamalar)

1. baby food
2. food (in child's language)

Declension

declension of mama

	singular (tekil)	plural (çoğul)
nominative (yalın)	mama	mamalar
definite accusative (belirtme)	mamayı	mamaları
dative (yönelme)	mamaya	mamalara
locative (bulunma)	mamada	mamalarda
ablative (çıkma)	mamadan	mamalardan
genitive (tamlayan)	mamanın	mamaların

possessive forms of mama

nominative	singular	plural
benim (my)	mamam	mamalarım
senin (your)	maman	mamaların
onun (his/her/its)	maması	mamaları
bizim (our)	mamamız	mamalarımız
sizin (your)	mamanız	mamalarınız
onların (their)	mamaları	mamaları
accusative	singular	plural
benim (my)	mamamı	mamalarımı
senin (your)	mamanı	mamalarını
onun (his/her/its)	mamasını	mamalarını
bizim (our)	mamamızı	mamalarımızı
sizin (your)	mamanızı	mamalarınızı
onların (their)	mamalarını	mamalarını
dative	singular	plural
benim (my)	mamama	mamalarıma
senin (your)	mamana	mamalarına
onun (his/her/its)	mamasına	mamalarına
bizim (our)	mamamıza	mamalarımıza
sizin (your)	mamanıza	mamalarınıza
onların (their)	mamalarına	mamalarına
locative	singular	plural
benim (in/at/on my)	mamamda	mamalarımda
senin (in/at/on your)	mamanda	mamalarında
onun (in/at/on his/her/its)	mamasında	mamalarında
bizim (in/at/on our)	mamamızda	mamalarımızda
sizin (in/at/on your)	mamanızda	mamalarınızda
onların (in/at/on their)	mamalarında	mamalarında
ablative	singular	plural
benim (from my)	mamamdan	mamalarımdan
senin (from your)	mamandan	mamalarından
onun (from his/her/its)	mamasından	mamalarından
bizim (from our)	mamamızdan	mamalarımızdan
sizin (from your)	mamanızdan	mamalarınızdan
onların (from their)	mamalarından	mamalarından
genitive	singular	plural
benim (of my)	mamamın	mamalarımın
senin (of your)	mamanın	mamalarının
onun (of his/her/its)	mamasının	mamalarının
bizim (of our)	mamamızın	mamalarımızın
sizin (of your)	mamanızın	mamalarınızın
onların (of their)	mamalarının	mamalarının

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Venetian

Etymology

Compare Italian mamma

Noun

mama f (plural mame)

1. mother
2. mum, mummy