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

1. (noun, hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
2. (Aymara, Lithuanian, Nigerian Pidgin, noun) mother
3. (Aymara, noun) Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
4. (Croatian, Hungarian, noun) mom
5. (Dutch, noun) mama, mother
6. (Ewe, noun) grandmother
7. (Galician, verb) third-person singular present indicative of mamar.
8. (Galician, verb) second-person singular imperative of mamar.
9. (Krisa, pronoun) you
10. (Mandarin, noun, informal) mother
11. (Martuthunira, noun) paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother
12. (Panyjima, noun) Father; paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother.
13. (Pitjantjatjara, noun) father
14. (Pitjantjatjara, noun) father’s older brother or close male friend; uncle
15. (Pitjantjatjara, noun) god
16. (Polish, noun) mum
17. (Portuguese, verb) Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative

of verb mamar.

1. (Portuguese, verb) Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative

of verb mamar.

1. (Romanian, noun) the mother
2. (Slovak, noun) mama
3. (Spanish, noun) breast, mamma
4. (Spanish, verb) informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mamar.
5. (Spanish, verb) Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mamar.
6. (Spanish, verb) Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of mamar.
7. (Swahili, noun) mother (one’s female parent)

English

Alternative spellings

• mamma
• momma

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

Singular mama

Plural mamas

mama (plural mamas)

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

Derived terms

• whoa mama

Related terms

• mom
• mommy
• mother
• mum
• mummy

Translations

mother

Armenian: մայրիկ hy(hy) (mayrik) Czech: máma cs(cs) f. Dutch: mama nl(nl) f. Esperanto: patrino eo(eo) Ewe: dada, nɔ Finnish: äiti fi(fi), mamma fi(fi) French: maman fr(fr) f. Macedonian: мама mk(mk) (máma) f.

Polish: mama pl(pl) f. Russian: мама f. (mama) Scottish Gaelic: màmag f. Slovak: mama sk(sk) f. Spanish: mamá es(es) f. Swedish: mamma sv(sv) c. Ukrainian: мама uk(uk) (máma)

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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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈmɑmɑ/

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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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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Mandarin

simplified	妈妈
traditional	媽媽

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ma˥˥ma/

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).

Usage notes

• Informal term for mother. The more formal term is muqin. However, in addressing one's mother, one uses mama as a term of address; muqin is not used as a term of address.

See also

• (Min Nan) 阿母 (a-bú)

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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

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 verb mamar.

1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative

of verb mamar.

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

1. mama

Derived terms

• mamička f.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin mamma.

Noun

mama f. (plural mamas)

Singular mama f.

Plural mamas f.

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