mamam
Cebuano
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ma‧mam
Noun
mamam
Verb
mamam
Galician
Verb
mamam
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of mamar
Gunwinggu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmamam/
Noun
mamam
- mother's father, maternal grandfather.
- mother's father's brother or sister.
- man's daughter's children.
- brother's daughter's children.
Related terms
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)
Usage notes
- The phrase is usually used as an insult, or a comeback to an insult.
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmamam/
Noun
mamam
- dative plural of mama
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ̃.mɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmɐ̃.mɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ.mɐ̃w̃/ [ˈmɐ.mɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈmɐ.mɐ̃w̃/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈma.mɐ̃w̃/
- Rhymes: -ɐmɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: ma‧mam
Verb
mamam
- 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)
Further reading
- “mamam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Noun
mamam
- 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
- dative plural of mama