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Czech
Pronunciation
Noun
máma f
- mum, mom, mommy
- Synonyms: matka, maminka, mamka, mamička, mamina
- Antonym: táta
Declension
Declension of máma (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “máma”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “máma”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “máma”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Hungarian
Etymology
From the emphatic phrase már (“already, as early as”) + ma (“today”), partly via assimilated mámma, partly via the apocopic form má’.[1]
Pronunciation
Adverb
máma
- (folksy) Alternative form of ma (“today”)
References
- ^ máma in Tótfalusi, István. Magyar etimológiai nagyszótár (’Hungarian Comprehensive Dictionary of Etymology’). Budapest: Arcanum Adatbázis, 2001; Arcanum DVD Könyvtár →ISBN
Further reading
- máma in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Old Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *mama.
Pronunciation
Noun
máma f
- mom, mother
Declension
Descendants
References