mami

See also: Mami, mamí, mamī, and māmi

English

Etymology

From Spanish mami.

Noun

mami (plural mamis)

1. (chiefly Latin American, Philippines) mommy, mother
2. (chiefly Latin American) attractive woman; momma
3. (chiefly Latin American) a term of affection for a woman

Anagrams

• I'mma, Imam, Imma, imam, imma, maim

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Albanian

Noun

mami

1. mom
2. midwife

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Catalan

Verb

mami

1. third-person singular imperative form of mamar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar
3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamɪ]

Noun

mami f

1. mom, mum

Usage notes

• Usually only used in the vocative case.

Synonyms

• matka
• maminka

See also

• tati

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Finnish

Noun

mami

1. (colloquial) mom, mum

Declension

Inflection of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		mami	mamit
genitive		mamin	mamien
partitive		mamia	mameja
illative		mamiin	mameihin
		singular	plural
nominative		mami	mamit
accusative	nom.	mami	mamit
	gen.	mamin
genitive		mamin	mamien
partitive		mamia	mameja
inessive		mamissa	mameissa
elative		mamista	mameista
illative		mamiin	mameihin
adessive		mamilla	mameilla
ablative		mamilta	mameilta
allative		mamille	mameille
essive		mamina	mameina
translative		mamiksi	mameiksi
instructive		—	mamein
abessive		mamitta	mameitta
comitative		—	mameineen

Possessive forms of mami (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	mamini	mamimme
2nd person	mamisi	maminne
3rd person	maminsa

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Ido

Noun

mami

1. plural of mamo

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Japanese

Romanization

mami

1. Rōmaji transcription of まみ

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Kaurna

Noun

mami

1. species of possum

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Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mami/

Etymology 1

From French mamie

Noun

mami

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

Etymology 2

From Marathi मामी (māmī)

Noun

mami

1. aunt, particularly maternal uncle's wife

   Synonym: matant

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Pijin

Etymology

From English mammy

Noun

mami

1. mother

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

Verb

mami

1. third-person singular present of mamić

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Sakizaya

Noun

mami

1. pomelo

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmami/, [ˈma.mi]

Noun

mami f (plural mamis)

1. (informal) mommy
2. (Central America, Philippines) mother
3. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
4. (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
5. (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
6. (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man

Related terms

• mamá
• papi

Further reading

• “mami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bami

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 肉麵 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ma‧mi

Noun

mami

1. a dish of wheat noodles and cellophane noodles mixed with pork, chicken, pork liver, cabbage, carrots, shrimp (fresh or dried) and squid (fresh or dried)

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Tok Pisin

Noun

mami

1. type of yam