mamã
Portuguese
/mɐˈmɐ̃/
noun
Definitions
- (informal) mummy, mum, mom (USA)
Etymology
Borrowed from French maman derived from Latin mamma (breast, mother, teat, udder, nurse).
Origin
Latin
mamma
Gloss
breast, mother, teat, udder, nurse
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
母
Emoji
🤱
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mama English
- mamma English
- mammiform English
- amma Latin
- mamma Latin
- mammalis Latin
- mammatus Latin
- mamma Italian
- mammalogia Italian
- belle-maman French
- maman French
- mammaire French
- маман Russian
- mama Spanish, Castilian
- mamá Spanish, Castilian
- mamífero Spanish, Castilian
- μάμμη Ancient Greek
- mama Portuguese
- mamita Portuguese
- mamífero Portuguese
- mama Irish
- mamach Irish
- mamo Esperanto
- mama Catalan, Valencian
- mama Galician
- mamă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mamã Aromanian
- mamma Romansh
- mama Venetian
- mama Mauritian Creole
- mama Sardinian
- mama Istriot