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English

Alternative spellings
mamma
momma

Etymology
Reduplication of term|ma; a trend present in many IE. languages, probably with ultimate origin in baby talk.

Pronunciation
a|GenAm? IPA|/�m�m�/, SAMPA|/"mAm@/

Noun
en-noun

1. context|hypocoristic mother|Mother, female parent.

Derived terms
whoa mama

Related terms
mom
mommy
mother
mum
mummy

Translations
trans-top|mother
Czech: máma f
Dutch: t+|nl|mama|f
Ewe: dada, n�
Finnish: äiti
French: maman f
trans-mid
Polish: t+|pl|mama|f
Russian: мама f (mama)
Scottish Gaelic: màmag f
Slovak: t-|sk|mama|f
Spanish: mamá f
trans-bottom

Aymara

Pronunciation
IPA|/ma.ma/

Noun
infl|ay|noun

1. mother
2. Mrs., mistress italbrac|general respectful address for married women.

#: tatanak mamanaka
#:: ladies and gentlemen

Bosnian

Noun
bs-noun|g=f|mame

1. mom, mother

Synonyms
mater
majka

Category:bs:Family

Dutch

Pronunciation
IPA|/�m�m�/

Noun
nl-noun2|f|�s|atje

1. #English|mama, mother

#: Mama, ik heb honger!
#:: Mommy, I�m hungry!

Synonyms
ma#Dutch|ma, mam#Dutch|mam, mamma#Dutch|mamma
moeder, moe#Dutch|moe, moeke italbrac|Flemish

Category:nl:Family

Ewe

Noun
infl|ee|noun

1. grandmother

Category:ee:Family

Hungarian

Noun
infl|hu|noun

1. mom

Category:hu:Family

Korean

Noun
mama (��, 媽媽)

1. italbrac|honorific|lang=ko Your Majesty, His Majesty, Her Majesty
2. italbrac|honorific|lang=ko Madame for a concubine of an ancient high-ranking official
3. italbrac|honorific|lang=ko goddess who is allegedly responsible for smallpox
4. smallpox; pockmark

Category:Romanized Korean nouns

Krisa

Pronoun
infl|ksi|pronoun

1. you

Lithuanian

Noun
infl|lt|noun|gender=f|plural|mamos

1. mother

Related terms
mamyt�, mamel� (diminutive)

Category:lt:Family

Mandarin
zh-forms|��|媽媽

Pronunciation
IPA|/ma˥˥ma/

Noun
cmn-noun|p|pinm�ma|pintma1ma|tra媽媽|sim��

1. context|informal|lang=cmn mother

Usage notes
Informal term for mother. The more formal term is zh-ts|�親|�亲.

See also
i|Min Nan �� (a-bú)

Martuthunira

Pronunciation
IPA|/mama/

Noun
infl|vma|noun

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.

Category:vma:Family

Panyjima

Pronunciation
IPA|/mama/

Noun
infl|pnw|noun

1. father|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.

Category:pnw:Family

Pitjantjatjara

Noun
infl|pjt|noun

1. father
2. father�s older brother or close male friend; uncle
3. god

Synonyms
punari

Derived terms
unicode|mama maḻatja
mama ngunytju
unicode|mama puḻka
unicode|ma�a mama
tjina mama

Polish

Noun
infl|pl|noun|gender=f i|Appendix:Polish hard feminine noun declension|declension

1. mother

Related terms
mamusia (diminutive)
matka

Category:pl:Family

Romanian

Noun
ro-noun-def|f|na|mam�

1. the mother

Serbian

Noun
sr-noun|g=f|mame

1. mom, mother

Cyrillic spelling
мама#Serbian|мама

Synonyms
mater
majka

Category:sr:Family

Slovak

Noun
infl|sk|noun|gender=f|plural|mamy
mam stem
mám genpl
decpat zena

1. #English|mama

Derived terms
mami�ka f

af:mama
el:mama
es:mama
fr:mama
hr:mama
io:mama
is:mama
it:mama
lt:mama
hu:mama
nl:mama
pl:mama
pt:mama
qu:mama
ru:mama
fi:mama
te:mama
vi:mama
tr:mama
zh:mama

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