Noun: mama ma-mu or maa-mu [N. Amer], mu'maa or ma-mu [Brit]
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- A woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother)
"the mama of three children";
- mother, female parent, ma [informal], mamma [informal], mom [N. Amer, informal], momma [N. Amer, informal], mommy [N. Amer, informal], mammy [informal], mum [Brit, informal], mummy [informal], mumma [informal], mam [UK, informal], mater [UK, archaic, informal], supermom [informal]
- A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped, meaning ‘Mother’
Derived forms: mamas
Type of: parent, Semitic deity
Encyclopedia: Mama, Take Me Home