máma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mama"

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːma]

Noun

máma f

  1. mum, mom, mommy
    Synonyms: matka, maminka, mamka, mamička, mamina
    Antonym: táta

Declension

Further reading

Hungarian

Etymology

From the emphatic phrase már (already, as early as) +‎ ma (today), partly via assimilated mámma, partly via the apocopic form má’.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmaːmɒ]
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

Adverb

máma

  1. (folksy) alternative form of ma (today)

References

  1. ^ máma in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN

Further reading

  • máma in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Old Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (13th CE) /ˈmaːma/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /ˈmaːma/

Noun

máma f

  1. mom, mother

Declension

Descendants

  • Czech: máma

References