mama
Sardinian
/ˈmama/
noun
Definitions
- mother
Etymology
Inherited from Latin mamma (breast, mother, teat, udder, nurse) derived from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mom, grandmother, later grandmother, mother).
Origin
Ancient Greek
μάμμη
Gloss
mom, grandmother, later grandmother, mother
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
母
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mamma English
- mammiform English
- amma Latin
- mamma Latin
- mammalis Latin
- mammatus Latin
- mamma Italian
- mammalogia Italian
- maman French
- mammaire French
- mama Spanish, Castilian
- mamífero Spanish, Castilian
- μάμμη Ancient Greek
- mama Portuguese
- mamífero Portuguese
- mama Irish
- mamach Irish
- mamo Esperanto
- mama Catalan, Valencian
- mama Galician
- mamă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mămică Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mamã Aromanian
- mamma Romansh
- mama Venetian
- μάμμα gkm
- μαμμόθρεπτος grc-koi
- mama Istriot