mama

noun
/məˈmɑː/UK/ˈmɑmə/US/ˈmɐmə/

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”).

  1. derived from *méh₂-méh₂
  2. derived from *mōmǭ — “mother, aunt
  3. derived from *mōmā
  4. derived from *mōme
  5. derived from mome — “mother, aunt

Definitions

  1. Mother, female parent.

    • All the flowers that you planted, mama, in the backyard / All died when you went away
  2. a Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA