mamam

Cebuano

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧mam

Noun

mamam

  1. (childish) a beverage; a drink

Verb

mamam

  1. (childish) to drink

Galician

Verb

mamam

  1. (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of mamar

Gunwinggu

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamam/

Noun

mamam

  1. mother's father, maternal grandfather.
  2. mother's father's brother or sister.
  3. man's daughter's children.
  4. brother's daughter's children.

References

  • Steven and Narelle Etherington, Kunwinjku Kunwok: A Short Introduction to Kunwinjku Language and Society (third edition, 1998)

Ilocano

Etymology

From mama (mother) +‎ -m (you).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamam/ [ˈmɐ.mam]
  • Hyphenation: ma‧mam

Interjection

mamam (Kur-itan spelling ᜋᜋᜋ᜔)

  1. your mom

Usage notes

  • The phrase is usually used as an insult, or a comeback to an insult.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamam/

Noun

mamam

  1. dative plural of mama

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.mɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmɐ̃.mɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ.mɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmɐ.mɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 

  • Rhymes: -ɐmɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: ma‧mam

Verb

mamam

  1. third-person plural present indicative of mamar

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmamam/ [ˈmaː.mɐm]
  • Rhymes: -amam
  • Syllabification: ma‧mam

Noun

mamam (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜋ᜔) (childish)

  1. beverage; drink
    Synonym: inom

Further reading

  • mamam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

Noun

mamam

  1. first-person singular possessive of mama

Usage notes

  • When this word is pronounced, the stress is on the last syllable: mamam. (The pronunciation with stress on the penultimate syllable, mamam, means "I am [a(n)/the] (baby) food.")

Upper Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmamam/

Noun

mamam

  1. dative plural of mama