mamm

See also: Mamm and mamm-

Breton

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmãmː/

Noun

mamm f (plural mammoù)

1. mother
2. female (animal)
3. womb

Inflection

Mutation of mamm

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	mamm	vamm	unchanged	unchanged
plural	mammoù	vammoù	unchanged	unchanged

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) mabm

Etymology

From Middle Cornish mam, from Old Cornish mam, from Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mammā. Cognate with Breton mamm, Irish and Scottish Gaelic muime, Manx mimmey, and Welsh mam.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

Noun

mamm f (plural mammow)

1. mother

   Synonym: dama

Coordinate terms

family members: teyluedit

• broder
• ewnter
• flogh
• flogh gwynn
• gour
• gwreg
• hwor
• kenderow
• keniterow
• kesflogh
• kosin
• mab
• mab wynn
• mamm
• mamm wynn
• modrep
• myrgh
• myrgh wynn
• nith
• noy
• tas
• tas gwynn

Derived terms

• mamm guv (“great-grandmother”)
• mamm vesydh (“godmother”)
• mamm wynn (“grandmother”)
• mammel (“maternal, motherly”)
• mammeth (“foster mother”)
• mammfurv (“original version”)
• mammik (“mum”)
• mammrewl (“matriarchy”)
• mammskrif (“original text”)
• mammvro (“motherland”)
• mammyeth (“mother tongue”)
• mamoleth (“motherhood, maternity”)

Mutation

Mutation of mamm

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
mamm	vamm	unchanged	unchanged	famm	vamm

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Manx

Etymology

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Noun

mamm f (genitive singular mamm, plural mammyn)

1. (pathology) blister

Mutation

Mutation of mamm

radical	lenition	eclipsis
mamm	vamm	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.