mame

See also: mamé, mamę, máme, māme, and Mäme

Galician

Verb

mame

1. inflection of mamar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mamãe. Cognate with Kabuverdianu máma.

Noun

mame

1. mother

Japanese

Romanization

mame

1. Rōmaji transcription of まめ

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mame and Nüpode Huitoto mame.

Perhaps related to Tucano wãme (“name”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamɛ]
• Hyphenation: ma‧me

Root

mame

1. name

Derived terms

• mamede
• mamekɨ

 

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 82

Ngarrindjeri

Noun

mame

1. Food derived from an animal, meat.

Portuguese

Verb

mame

1. inflection of mamar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

mame

1. inflection of mamă:
   1. plural
   2. genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Verb

mame

1. inflection of mamar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mam/

Noun

mame f (plural mames)

1. mother

Coordinate terms

• (gender): pa

West Makian

Etymology

Compare maa (“to hold, seize”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.me/

Verb

mame

1. (transitive) to catch

Conjugation

Conjugation of mame (action verb)
		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tamame	mamame	amame
2nd person		namame	famame
3rd person	inanimate	imame	damame
	animate
imperative		namame, mame	famame, mame

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎^[2], Pacific linguistics