mama

Meaning

Mother, female parent.

Synonyms

mother

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mom

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mum

mammy

mummy

ma

mommy

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mamma

momma

mater

parent

Mother

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mother hen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈmɑː/

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”).