mama

Meaning

Mother, female parent.

Synonyms

mother

👩‍🍼

mom

👩‍🍼

mum

mammy

mummy

ma

mommy

👩‍🍼

mamma

momma

mater

parent

Mother

👩‍🍼

mother hen

Translations

maman

mamá

mamma

👩‍🍼

mamã

mãe

👩‍🍼

mamãe

mammina

μαμά

mama

👩‍🍼

أُمّ

mamà

mãezinha

mama

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məˈmɑː/

Etymology

Cognate with German: Muhme

Cognate with Latin: mamma

Cognate with Irish: mam

Cognate with Lithuanian: mama

In summary

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”).