User:Robert Ullmann/Prologue/examples/mama
- (noun, hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
- (Aymara, Lithuanian, Nigerian Pidgin, noun) mother
- (Aymara, noun) Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
- (Croatian, Hungarian, noun) mom
- (Dutch, noun) mama, mother
- (Ewe, noun) grandmother
- (Galician, verb) third-person singular present indicative of mamar.
- (Galician, verb) second-person singular imperative of mamar.
- (Krisa, pronoun) you
- (Mandarin, noun, informal) mother
- (Martuthunira, noun) paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother
- (Panyjima, noun) Father; paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother.
- (Pitjantjatjara, noun) father
- (Pitjantjatjara, noun) father’s older brother or close male friend; uncle
- (Pitjantjatjara, noun) god
- (Polish, noun) mum
- (Portuguese, verb) Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative
of verb mamar.
- (Portuguese, verb) Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative
of verb mamar.
- (Romanian, noun) the mother
- (Slovak, noun) mama
- (Spanish, noun) breast, mamma
- (Spanish, verb) informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mamar.
- (Spanish, verb) Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mamar.
- (Spanish, verb) Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mamar.
- (Swahili, noun) mother (one’s female parent)
English
editAlternative spellings
editEtymology
editReduplication of ma; a trend present in many Indo-European languages, probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.
Pronunciation
editNoun
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Singular |
Plural |
mama (plural mamas)
- (hypocoristic, usually childish) Mother, female parent.
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editAnagrams
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Aymara
editPronunciation
edit- IPA: /ma.ma/
Noun
editmama
- mother
- Mrs., mistress (general respectful address for married women).
- tatanak mamanaka
- ladies and gentlemen
- tatanak mamanaka
Dutch
editPronunciation
editNoun
editmama f. (plural mama’s, diminutive mamaatje)
Synonyms
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Ewe
editNoun
editmama
Galician
editVerb
editmama
Hungarian
editPronunciation
edit- IPA: /ˈmɒmɒ/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ma
Noun
editmama (plural mamák)
Declension
editdeclension of mama
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Synonyms
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Krisa
editPronoun
editmama
Lithuanian
editNoun
editmama f. (plural mamos)
Declension
editsingular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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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
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Mandarin
edit妈妈 | |
媽媽 |
Pronunciation
edit- IPA: /ma˥˥ma/
Noun
editmama (Pinyin māma, traditional 媽媽, simplified 妈妈)
- (informal) mother
- The mother’s mother is called grandmother (maternal grandmother).
- The mother’s father is called grandfather (maternal grandfather).
Usage notes
edit- 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
editMartuthunira
editPronunciation
edit- IPA: /mama/
Noun
editmama
- paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother
References
edit- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Nigerian Pidgin
editNoun
editmama
Panyjima
editPronunciation
edit- IPA: /mama/
Noun
editmama
- Father; paternal uncle, one’s father’s brother.
Synonyms
edit- papu (father)
References
edit- 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.
Pitjantjatjara
editNoun
editmama
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editPolish
editNoun
editmama f.
Declension
editRelated terms
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Portuguese
editVerb
editmama
of verb mamar.
- Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative
of verb mamar.
Romanian
editNoun
editmama f. (singular, nominative/accusative, definite form of mamă)
- the mother
Serbo-Croatian
editPronunciation
edit- IPA: /mâma/
- Hyphenation: ma‧ma
Noun
editmȁma f. (Cyrillic spelling ма̏ма)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | mama | mame |
genitive | mame | mama |
dative | mami | mamama |
accusative | mamu | mame |
vocative | mamo | mame |
locative | mami | mamama |
instrumental | mamom | mamama |
Slovak
editNoun
editmama f. (plural mamy) mam stem mám gen pl (declension pattern): žena
Derived terms
edit- mamička f.
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom Latin mamma.
Noun
editmama f. (plural mamas)
Singular |
Plural |
Related terms
editVerb
editmama (infinitive mamar)
- informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of mamar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of mamar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of mamar.
Swahili
editNoun
editmama
- 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