mama

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ma·ma1, mamma, momma /ˈmɑːmə/ ●●○ noun [countable] American English  SSFMOTHERa mother – used by or to children 妈妈〔儿语〕 SYN mummy I want my mama! 我要妈妈！

Examples from the Corpus

mama• Just went around in my wrapper all the livelong day, my mama would faint.• Those children, no more than babies, and the mama had gone shopping and left on the oil-stove, no?• Your mama go out and buy you a brand new bike, that she could have bought at Christmas.ma·ma2 /məˈmɑː/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned  mother 妈妈

Examples from the Corpus

mama• Just went around in my wrapper all the livelong day, my mama would faint.• Those children, no more than babies, and the mama had gone shopping and left on the oil-stove, no?• Your mama go out and buy you a brand new bike, that she could have bought at Christmas.Origin mama (1500-1600) From the sounds made by a baby

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ma‧ma¹ , mamma /ˈmɑːmə/ (also momma) noun [countable] American Englisha mother – used by or to children
   SYN  mummy:
    I want my mama!
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ mother a female parent: My mother and father are both teachers.
   ▪ mum British English informal, mom American English informal used when talking to your father, or about someone's father: My mum and dad won’t mind if you want to stay the night. | Mom, where’s my sweater?
   ▪ mummy British English, mommy American English a name for mother, which is used especially by young children or when you are talking to young children: Where’s Mummy, Abbie?
   ▪ ma American English old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother: Ma stirred the soup on the stove.
   ▪ mama old-fashioned used when talking to your mother, or about someone's mother: Mama seldom disagreed with Papa.
   ▪ stepmother (also stepmum British English informal, stepmom American English informal) a woman who is married to your father, who is not your mother but often acts as your parent: the wicked stepmother in fairy stories

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ma‧ma² /məˈmɑː/ noun [countable] British English old-fashioned
mother

mama (also mamma) BrE /ˈmæmə/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmæmə/ 🔊 nounBrE /ˈmæmə/ 🔊, also /məˈmɑː/ 🔊NAmE /ˈmæmə/ 🔊(NAmE or BrE, old-fashioned) mother 妈妈  ➡  see also mummy (1) in some places in Africa, a mother or older woman (often used as a title that shows respect) 妈妈，大妈（非洲某些地方对母亲的称呼或对年长妇女的尊称）◆Leave this work to us, mama. 这活儿留给我们干吧，妈妈。🔊🔊◆Miriam Makeba became known as Mama Africa. 米丽亚姆 · 马凯巴被称为非洲之母。🔊🔊◆Mama Ngina Kenyatta恩金纳 · 肯雅塔夫人