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mama

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/məˈmɑː/ (UK)
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/məˈmɑː/ (UK) · /ˈmɑmə/ · /ˈmɐmə/

Definition of mama

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Canada, US, childish, familiar, usually)Mother, female parent.
    “All the flowers that you planted, mama, in the backyard / All died when you went away”
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noun

  1. (Canada, US, childish, familiar, usually)Mother, female parent.
    “All the flowers that you planted, mama, in the backyard / All died when you went away”

name

  1. a Bantoid language spoken in Nigeria

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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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