English Explanatory Dictionary

mama

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Mother, female parent.
name
  1. a Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria

Pronunciation

/məˈmɑː/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mama.wav mäʹmə /ˈmɑmə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-mama.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-mama.wav /ˈmɐmə/

Word forms

mama mamas mamma momma mumma

Etymology

Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by Middle English mome (“mother, aunt”), from Old English *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of *méh₂- (“mother”), related to German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”).

Related words

mom mommy mother mum mummy

Derived words

baby-mama baby mama big mama crunchy mama godmama hoochie mama mama bear mama-bear mama grizzly mamahood mamaji mama pad mama-pian mama put mamarazzi mama-san mama shop mamiji save the drama for your mama scrunchy mama silky mama stepmama study mama sugar mama yo mama
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