mam
Meanings
noun
- Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
noun
- A woman's breast.
noun
- Misspelling of ma'am.
name
- A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.
name
- One’s mother.
noun
- Initialism of methylazoxymethanol
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Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”). Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.
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