Mama

Definition: Mama

Mama

Noun

1. Informal terms for a mother.

2. A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "mama" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

MAMA

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Mama

Combatant

Janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz.

Crosswords: Mama

Albanian (Ma, mama, mammy, mum), Bemba (grandmother), Czech (mamma), Ecuadorian Quechua (mother), German (Ma, mam, mama, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mommyUS, mum, mummy), Hungarian (Ma, mama, mamma, mater, momma, mommy, mother, mum), Papiamen (mam, mammy, mom, mommy, mother), Pidgin English (mother), Polish (mam, mammy, mom, mommy), Portuguese (breast, mamma, momma, teat, udder), Quechua (mother), Ruanda (mother), Serbo-Croatian (mama, mammy, mom, mother, mum), Spanish (mamma, mammary gland, Momma), Sranan (mother), Swahili (mother), Turkish (baby food, formula, procuress), Turkmen (pox, small pox), Xhosa (Mother).

Mama, cars don't behave (Driving Miss Daisy; writing credit: Alfred Uhry)

Hush, mama! It's for charity (The Addams Family; writing credit: Caroline Thompson)

I was talking to your Mama. It's her decision, not yours (Sling Blade; writing credit: Charles Chaplin)

Mama says they was magic shoes (Forrest Gump; writing credit: Eric Roth)

Mama, he can talk (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial; writing credit: Ethan Coen)

When I was young, me and my mama had beef (Dear Mama; performing artist: 2Pac)

Mama told me not to come (Mama Told Me (Not to Come); performing artist: Three Dog Night)

Shake Shake it mama, Shake it Cali (California Love; performing artist: 2 PAC)

Mama let me start all over (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand)

I bet her mama never told her why (Uptown Girl; performing artist: Billy Joel)

Big Bad Mama (1974)

I Dismembered Mama (1974)

That's My Mama (1974)

Don't Tell Mama (1974)

Sei-kyoiku mama (1973)

Mama Didn't Lie (performing artist: Jan Bradley)

Your Mama Don't Dance (performing artist: Loggins & Messina)

Mama Tried (performing artist: Merle Haggard)

Motorcycle Mama (performing artist: Sailcat)

Mama Said (performing artist: The Shirelles)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Mama, Do You Love Me? (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Hip Mama (reference)

• Agenda Para Mama (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Crunch Yoga Mama (reference)

• Blackberry Records Presents Songs Mama Use To Sing (reference)

• Bloody Mama (Amazon.com Exclusive) (reference)

• I Dismember Mama (reference)

• Y Tu Mama Tambien (And Your Mother Too) - Unrated Edition (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Songs Mama Used To Sing (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Papa love mama. Credit: Library of Congress.

You must give me the largest half of the apple, Ruth, because Mama says we mustn't be greedy. Credit: Library of Congress.

Pistol packin' mama. Credit: Library of Congress.

Big Mama Thornton, three-quarter length portrait, facing right, singing. Credit: Library of Congress.

I'll always love my mama : Gay Pride Week, 1973. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Health

My husband calls me “red hot mama.” But he’s talking about my hot flashes, not my interest in sex! That seems to have almost disappeared. (references)

Business

Green Mama, Svoboda, Nevskaya Kosmetika, Kalina, Linda and Uralskiye Samotsvety dominate the market. (references)

For example, one of the Russian leading skin and hair care manufacturers, Green Mama, has concentrated their beauty product manufacturing in France. (references)

The Russian leading manufacturer of beauty products, Green Mama, has recently intervened into production of more than 50 different types of make-up products. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Beginning with "mama": Mama-sans, mama-terribly, Mama-to-be.

Ending with "mama": patcha-mama.

Albanian

mama (Ma, mammy, mum), nënë (Ma, mamma, mother). (various references)

Arabic 

‏ماما (mum, mummy), ‏والدة (mother), ‏أم (mammy, mother, mum, mummy, or). (various references)

Bulgarian 

мама (mamma, mammy, mom, mother, mum, mummy). (various references)

Chinese 

媽媽 (mommy). (various references)

Czech

maminka (mom, mum). (various references)

Danish

mobilkaldstaksering (mobile automatic message accounting), mobile automatic message accounting (mobile automatic message accounting). (various references)

Dutch

automatische berichtenrapportering bij mobiele telefonie (mobile automatic message accounting). (various references)

Finnish

matkaviestimen automaattinen sanomantilastointi (mobile automatic message accounting). (various references)

French

maman (mam, mamma, mammy), mère, comptabilité automatique des appels mobiles. (various references)

German

mutti (Ma, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mommyUS, mum, mummy), mutter (mamma, mom, mommy, mother, nut, parent), mobile automatische Gebührenberechnung (mobile automatic message accounting), mobile automatische Gebührenaufrechnung (mobile automatic message accounting), mama (Ma, mam, mamma, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mommyUS, mum, mummy). (various references)

Greek 

μητέρα (mother), μαμά (mammy, mum, mummy). (various references)

Hebrew 

אמא (mamma, mammy, mom, mother, mummy). (various references)

Hungarian

mama (Ma, mamma, mater, momma, mommy, mother, mum). (various references)

Indonesian

biyung (mother). (various references)

Italian

mamma (ma, mamma, mom, Momma, mother, mum, mummy). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

マネーフロー分析 (kind of bicycle favored by housewives running errands around their neighborhood, mafia, maharaja, Mahatma, mahogany, Mahomet, malaria, Malibu, management, manager, mannequin, mannequin girl, manometer, maracas, maraschino, marathon, Maya, mayonnaise, monetarism, money laundering, money market, money-flow analysis, moneymaker, muff, muffin, muffler, scarf). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ママ . (various references)

Pig Latin

amamay.(various references)

Portuguese

mamãe (ma, mam, mammy, mom, mommy), contabilização automática de chamadas de telemóveis (mobile automatic message accounting). (various references)

Russian 

мама (mam, mammy, mom, momma, mommy, mother). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

mama (mammy, mom, mother, mum). (various references)

Spanish

mamá (Ma, mamma, mom, Momma, mommy, mother, mum, mummy). (various references)

Swedish

mamma (Ma, mam, mamma, mammy, mom, mommy, mother, mum, mummy), tant (aunt, Auntie), brud (babe, bride, chick, Dame, doll, Dolly, Jane, skirt). (various references)

Turkish

anne (Ma, mam, mamma, mammy, mater, maternal, maw, mom, mother, mum, mummy, old lady, old woman). (various references)

Ukrainian

ненька (mamma), мама (mamma, mammy, mom, mother, mum, mummy). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "mama": mamaliga, mamaligas, mamas. (additional references)

Words containing "mama": imamate, imamates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Mama" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ama, amam, Ammar, Ammc, Ammi, bama, Fmma, hama, iama, jama, ma'a, maaa, maaaan, maam, Maamar, Maamur, maban, Maca, mada, Madm, Maea, maga, maham, mahat, Mahmah, maima, maimi, maka, Makau, makmur, mam, m'ama, mamad, Mamah, mamal, maman, Mamand, Mamani, mamar, mamaw, mamay, mame, mamie, mamm, mammae, mammai, mammaw, Mammi, mammo, Mamn, Mamoh, mamom, Mamou, Mamrak, mamsa, Mamta, Mamuk, mana, manah, Manal, manao, Manau, manavi, manaw, Manja, manq, manva, manza, Mapa, Mapai, mapm, marma, masa, maxa, Maxat, Mazag, mazak, Mbaga, Mdme, meam, meha, meja, mema, Memax, memb, memc, meme, Meymac, Miaja, miama, miame, mija, mima, Mimar, mimz, Mixmag, mma, Mm'a, m'man, mmat, mme, mmta, Moapa, Moema, moma, momi, momo, Msa-aa, muma, mumi, mumiai, mumu, muna, Mwana, myma, mzm, naam, Naama, Naamah, nama, Namar, Nasma, nema, nima, Nkama, nma, Qmacmac, Umaa, Umana. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: ama.

-2 letters: aa, am, ma, mm.

+1 letter: gamma, madam, magma, mamas, mamba, mamma.

+2 letters: dammar, gammas, hammal, madame, madams, madman, magmas, mambas, mammae, mammal, mammas, marram, maxima, mazuma, miasma.

+3 letters: almemar, almsman, amalgam, ammonal, ammonia, bemadam, commata, dammars, digamma, grammar, gummata, hammada, hammals, imamate, lemmata, macadam, macrame, macumba, madames, magmata, mahatma, mailman, mammals, mammary, mammate, mammati, manmade, maremma, marimba, marrams, maximal, mazumas, meatman, miasmal, miasmas, myomata, shammas.