Mama
//ˈmɑmə// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Mother, female parent. Canada, US, childish, familiar, usually
"All the flowers that you planted, mama, in the backyard / All died when you went away"
- 2 informal terms for a mother wordnet
Example
More examples"Mama! That lady and man are holding hands, they're great friends aren't they!"
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”).
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