mami

English

Etymology 1

From Spanish mami.

Noun

mami (plural mamis)

1. (chiefly Latin America, Philippines) mommy, mother
2. (chiefly Latin America) attractive woman; momma
3. (chiefly Latin America) a term of affection for a woman

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Mami soup

Wikipedia

From Tagalog mami, from Hokkien.

Noun

mami (uncountable)

1. (Philippines) mami, a soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with meat of either pork, chicken, pork liver, beef brisket, and/or fresh or dried seafood such as shrimp or squid, and/or wanton dumplings, and vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, spring onion, etc.

Derived terms

Anagrams

• I'mma, Imam, Imma, imam, imma, maim

Albanian

Noun

mami

1. mom
2. midwife

Catalan

Verb

mami

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

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

mami f (indeclinable)

1. mom, mum

   Synonyms: matka, maminka

Usage notes

• Singular only. Usually only used in the vocative case.

See also

• tati

Finnish

Etymology

From English mommy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑmi/,
• Rhymes: -ɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧mi

Noun

mami (colloquial)

1. mom, mum

Declension

Ido

Noun

mami

1. plural of mamo

Japanese

Romanization

mami

1. Rōmaji transcription of まみ

Kaurna

Noun

mami

1. species of possum

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mami/

Etymology 1

From French mamie.

Noun

mami

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

Etymology 2

From Marathi मामी (māmī).

Noun

mami

1. aunt, particularly maternal uncle's wife

   Synonym: matant

Pijin

Etymology

From English mammy.

Noun

mami

1. mother

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

Verb

mami

1. third-person singular present of mamić

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈmi/,

Noun

mami

1. pomelo

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmami/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

Noun

mami f (plural mamis)

1. (informal) mommy
2. (Central America, Philippines) mother
3. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
4. (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
5. (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
6. (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man

Related terms

Further reading

• “mami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:

mami

Wikipedia ^tl

Alternative forms

• bami

Etymology

From Hokkien, either:

• 肉麵／肉面 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”, literally “meat and noodles”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). Compare Cebuano bam-i, Indonesian bakmi, Javanese ꦧꦏ꧀ꦩꦶ (bakmi), Dutch bami. See also Hokkien 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (gû-mah-mī, “beef noodles”).
• 馬麵／马面 (má mī, literally “Ma’s noodles”), noodles peddled by Ma Mon Luk (馬文祿 ／ 马文禄, Cantonese Yale: Máh Màhn-luhk; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má Bûn Lo̍k) in his restaurant since the 1920s in Binondo, Manila.

Manuel (1948) also records an entry, providing the definitions and pronunciation of Hokkien 肉麵／肉面 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”, literally “meat and noodles”), but misidentifies it as Cantonese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmami/,
• Hyphenation: ma‧mi

Noun

mami (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒ)

1. mami (a soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with various meat and vegetables)

Related terms

Further reading

• “mami” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “mami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 138
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 40

Tok Pisin

Noun

mami

1. type of yam