mame

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See also: mamé, mamę, máme, māme, and Mäme

Galician

Verb

mame

  1. inflection of mamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese mamãe. Cognate with Kabuverdianu máma.

Noun

mame

  1. mother

Japanese

Romanization

mame

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まめ

Murui Huitoto

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto mame and Nüpode Huitoto mame.

Perhaps related to Tucano wãme (name).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ma‧me

Root

mame

  1. name

Derived terms

References

  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia., Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 82

Ngarrindjeri

Noun

mame

  1. Food derived from an animal, meat.

Portuguese

Verb

mame

  1. inflection of mamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Noun

mame

  1. inflection of mamă:
    1. plural
    2. genitive/dative singular

Spanish

Verb

mame

  1. inflection of mamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Walloon

Pronunciation

Noun

mame f (plural mames)

  1. mother

Coordinate terms

  • (gender): pa

West Makian

Etymology

Compare maa (to hold, seize).

Pronunciation

Verb

mame

  1. (transitive) to catch

Conjugation

Conjugation of mame (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tamame mamame amame
2nd person namame famame
3rd person inanimate imame damame
animate
imperative namame, mame famame, mame

References

  • James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary, Pacific linguistics