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Definition: Mam |
MamNoun1. A member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala. 2. A Mayan language spoken by the Mam people. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Mam" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
"Mam" is a common misspelling or typo for: imam, maim, mama, mamma, mammy, man, mom, mum. |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Mam are a Native American people of the highlands of western Guatemala.In Pre-Columbian times the Mam were part of the Maya civilization, and their native language, still spoken as a first language by many, is in the Maya language family.
The Pre-Columbian Mam capital was Zaculeu. Many Mam live in and around the nearby modern city of Huehuetenango. The city of Quetzaltenango was originally Mam. Many more Mam live in small hamlets in the mountains, keeping many of their native traditions.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Mam."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
MAM | English | Methylazoxymethanol | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Mam |
| English words defined with "Mam": Bastard wing. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Mam": The old man. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Mam" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Cornish (mother), Dutch (breast, mam, mammy, mom, mommy, teat), Irish (mam, mommy), Manx (double handful), Welsh (mother). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | No he's not mam. He's always like this (Oliver Twist; writing credit: Alan Bleasdale; Charles Dickens) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Mam tu swój dom (1963) Vsetko co mam rad (1992) Shree Krishna Sharnam Mam (1977) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Guatemala | Languages: Spanish, 24 indigenous languages (principally K'iche', Kakchiquel, K'ekchi, and Mam). (references) |
Indigenous People | Guatemala | In 1998 the Indigenous Languages Officialization Commission issued a report in which it recommended that a variety of public services be provided in the four most widely spoken indigenous languages (K'iche', Q'eqchi', Mam, and Kaqchikel), with a lesser degree of services provided in less widely spoken indigenous languages. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Mam" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 78.18% of the time. "Mam" is used about 472 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 78.18% | 369 | 14,694 |
| Noun (proper) | 21.61% | 102 | 32,309 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.21% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 472 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "Mam" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Mam | Last name | 170 | 42,981 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mam | 175 |
mam pacifiers | 28 |
yo mam joke | 10 |
mam nuoc | 8 |
mam pacifier | 6 |
mam sex | 6 |
mam yes | 5 |
goudig mam | 4 |
mam no | 4 |
joke mam | 3 |
ciebie mam tylko | 3 |
mam tor | 2 |
mam massive | 2 |
mam mia | 2 |
baby mam product | 2 |
mam nuoc recipe | 2 |
mam portal.net | 2 |
baby mam | 2 |
mam.com peri | 2 |
bam mam thank wham | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Mam"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Dutch | mammie (mammy, mom, mommy), mamma (mammy, mom, mommy), mam (breast, mammy, mom, mommy, teat), ma (mammy, mom, mommy). (various references) | |
Esperanto | panjo (mammy, mom, mommy). (various references) | |
Faeroese | mamma (mammy, mom, mommy). (various references) | |
French | maman (mama, mamma, mammy). (various references) | |
German | Muttchen (mammy, mom, mommy), Mamachen (mammy, mom, mommy), Mama (Ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mommyUS, mum, mummy), Mütterchen (gammer, mammy, mom, mommy, mother). (various references) | |
Greek | μάνα (mother, mum). (various references) | |
Hungarian | anyu (Ma, mammy, mom, mommy, mum, mummy), anya (mammy, mom, mommy, mother, parent, queen). (various references) | |
Irish | mamanna (mommy), mamaí (mommy), mam (mommy). (various references) | |
Papiamen | mama (mammy, mom, mommy, mother), mai (mammy, mom, mommy). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ammay.(various references) | |
Polish | mamusia (mammy, mom, mommy), mama (mammy, mom, mommy). (various references) | |
Portuguese | mamãe (ma, mama, mammy, mom, mommy), mãezinha (ma, mammy, mom, mommy, mum). (various references) | |
Russian | мама (mama, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mother). (various references) | |
Swedish | mamma (Ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, mommy, mother, mum, mummy). (various references) | |
Thai | แม่ (คำไม่เป็นทางการ) (ma, mater, mom). (various references) | |
Turkish | anne (Ma, mama, mamma, mammy, mater, maternal, maw, mom, mother, mum, mummy, old lady, old woman). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "Mam": mama, mamaliga, mamaligas, mamas, mamba, mambas, mambo, mamboed, mamboes, mamboing, mambos, mameluke, mamelukes, mamey, mameyes, mameys, mamie, mamies, mamluk, mamluks, mamma, mammae, mammal, mammalian, mammalians, mammalogies, mammalogist, mammalogists, mammalogy, mammals, mammary, mammas, mammate, mammati, mammatus, mammee, mammees, mammer, mammered, mammering, mammers, mammet, mammets, mammey, mammeys, mammie, mammies, mammilla, mammillae, mammillary, mammillated. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "Mam": imam. (additional references) | |
Words containing "Mam": armament, armamentaria, armamentarium, armamentariums, armaments, circumambient, circumambiently, circumambulate, circumambulated, circumambulates, circumambulating, circumambulation, circumambulations, cockamamie, cockamamy, disarmament, disarmaments, firmament, firmamental, firmaments, formamide, formamides, imamate, imamates, imams, rearmament, rearmaments. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "am": Am, Cam, LAM, ma'am, PAM, SAM, Shram. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-m" | |
-1 letter: am, ma, mm. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-m" | |
+1 letter: ammo, imam, maim, malm, mama. | |
+2 letters: ammos, comma, gamma, gammy, gemma, gumma, hammy, imams, imaum, jammy, lemma, madam, magma, maims, malms, malmy, mamas, mamba, mambo, mamey, mamie, mamma, mammy, maxim, miasm, momma, myoma, rammy, smarm, summa, tammy. | |
+3 letters: ammine, ammino, ammono, amylum, bammed, chammy, clammy, commas, dammar, dammed, dammer, embalm, gammas, gammed, gammer, gammon, gemmae, gimmal, gramme, gummas, hammal, hammed, hammer, imaums, imbalm, immane, jammed, jammer, lammed, lemmas, madame, madams, madman, madmen, magmas, magnum, maihem, maimed, maimer, mambas, mambos, mameys, mamies, mamluk, mammae, mammal, mammas, mammee, mammer, mammet, mammey, mammie, mammon, marmot, marram, maumet, maxima, maxims, mayhem, mazuma, merman, miasma, miasms, mimbar, mimosa, minima, misaim, mommas, myomas, myxoma, omasum, rammed, rammer, shammy, smarms, smarmy, smegma, stemma, summae, summas, tammie, wammus, wampum, whammo, whammy, yammer. | |
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