μάμμη

See also: μαμμή

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mám.mɛː/ → /ˈmam.mi/ → /ˈma.mi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mám.mɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.me̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmam.mi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈma.mi/

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of *méh₂- (“mother”), ultimately from baby's talk.

Noun

μάμμη • (mámmē) f

1. mamma, mammy
2. mother's breast
3. (later) grandmother

Descendants

• Latin: mamma

References

• “μάμμη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Greek

Noun

μάμμη • (mámmi) f (plural μάμμες)

1. (dialect) grandmother

Declension

Declension of μάμμη

	singular	plural
nominative	μάμμη •	μάμμες •
genitive	μάμμης •	—
accusative	μάμμη •	μάμμες •
vocative	μάμμη •	μάμμες •

Synonyms

• γιαγιά f (giagiá)
• νόνα f (nóna)
• νενέ f (nené)
• βάβω f (vávo)