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Asturian
Noun
mamá f (plural mamás)
- Alternative form of ma
Galician
Etymology
Compare Spanish mamá.
Pronunciation
Noun
mamá f (plural mamás)
- (colloquial, endearing, vocative) mum, mom
- (followed by a proper name) grandmother
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “mamá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “mamá”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “mamá”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Lingala
Noun
mamá class 1 (plural bamamá class 2)
- mother, mum, mom
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maˈma/
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ma‧má
Etymology 1
Adapted from French maman.
Noun
mamá f (plural mamás)
- (colloquial, familiar, endearing) mum, mom
- Synonym: mami
- (Mexico) a term of affection for a woman
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
mamá
- second-person singular voseo imperative of mamar
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