māma

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mama"

Latgalian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *mā́ˀmāˀ. Doublet Latgalian mama. Cognates include Latvian mama, Latvian mamma and Lithuanian mama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmàːma]
  • Hyphenation: mā‧ma

Noun

māma f (diminutive māmeņa)

  1. mum, mummy

Declension

Declension of māma (type 4 noun)
singular plural
nominative māma māmys, māmas1)
genitive māmys, māmas1) māmu
dative māmai māmom
accusative māmu māmys, māmas1)
instrumental māmu māmom
locative māmā māmuos
vocative māma, mām māmys, māmas1)

1) dialectal

Synonyms

References

Mandarin

Romanization

māma (Zhuyin ㄇㄚ ˙ㄇㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 媽媽 / 妈妈
  2. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嬤嬤 / 嬷嬷
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