Define the word mama"Mama" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Ninhursag \Ninhursag\ prop. n. (Sumerian mythology)
The great mother goddess in Sumerian mythology, worshipped
also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
Syn: Ninkhursag, Ninkharsag.
[WordNet 1.5]
"Mama" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mama \Ma*ma"\, n.
See Mamma.
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"mama" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"
Mamma \Mam*ma"\, n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma,
influenced in spelling by L. mamma.]
Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also
mama.]
[1913 Webster]
Tell tales papa and mamma. --Swift.
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"mama" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
mama
n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mamma, mom, momma,
mommy, mammy, mum, mummy, mater]
2: a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
"mama" moby-thes "Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0"
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "mama":
dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mammy, mater, materfamilias,
maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, mummy, old lady,
old woman, stepmother, the old woman
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