mamma
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin mamma.
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mamma (plural mammae or mammas)
- (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder. Plural: mammae
- Another term for mama or mother. Plural: mammas
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milk-secreting organ
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[edit] Dutch
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mamma f. (plural mamma's, mammae)
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Most people will use this word as an alternative spelling of mama (mother, mama, mamma) but this is not true, according to Van Dale.
[edit] Finnish
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mamma
- (dialectal) mama
- (colloquial) An elder, plump woman.
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Declension of mamma (type kala)
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[edit] Gilbertese
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mamma (plural mamma)
- mammary gland.
- mummy (UK)
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mamma
- suck the breast.
[edit] Icelandic
| Declension of mamma | ||||||
| (singular) | (plural) | |||||
| (indefinite) | (definite) | (indefinite) | (definite) | |||
| nominative | mamma | mamman | mömmur | mömmurnar | ||
| accusative | mömmu | mömmuna | mömmur | mömmurnar | ||
| dative | mömmu | mömmunni | mömmum | mömmunum | ||
| genitive | mömmu | mömmunnar | mamma | mammanna | ||
| Other words with the same declension | ||||||
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mamma f.
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- (mother): móðir
[edit] Italian
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mamma f. (plural mamme)
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[edit] Latin
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mamma f. (genitive mammae)
- (anatomy) a breast
- Puero isti date mammam.
- Let the boy suck on the breast.
- Puero isti date mammam.
- (anatomy) an udder; a pap
- (anatomy, of animals) a teat,a dug
- Mammam sugere.
- To suck on a breasts.
- Mammam sugere.
- (family) a childish name for a mother; in the language of children
- (transferred meaning) a protuberance on tree bark
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- This term was used especially of females, but also of males- although rarely:
- Mammas homo solus e maribus habet.
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- mammam dare (with the dative; to give someone the breast, to suckle someone)
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mamma m. (definite singular mammaen; indefinite plural mammaer; definite plural mammaene)
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| Inflection for mamma | Singular | Plural | ||
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| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | mamma | mamman | mammor | mammorna |
| Genitive | mammas | mammans | mammors | mammornas |
mamma c.

