English

Proper noun

Mam

1. A Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.

English

Noun

mam ‎(plural mams)

1. (informal and colloquial) Diminutive of mother.

Usage notes

Used in place of mum or ma in Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.

References

• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin,

Anagrams

• MMA

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowing from English ma'am, contraction of madam.

Noun

mam

1. An address to a female superior.
2. An address to a female teacher.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑm

Noun

mam c ‎(plural mammen, diminutive mammetje n)

1. mother

Irish

Etymology

Compare Old Irish muimme ‎(“foster mother”), Proto-Celtic *mammā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mˠamˠ]

Noun

mam f ‎(genitive singular maime, nominative plural mamanna)

1. mam, mum, mom

Declension

Synonyms

• maime
• mamaí

Mutation

References

• "mam" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Lojban

Rafsi

mam

1. rafsi of mamta.

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mam]

Verb

mam

1. first-person singular present of měś

Derived terms

• mamk a hamk

Luxembourgish

Contraction

mam

1. contraction of mat + dem; with the

North Frisian

Etymology

Cognates include West Frisian mem.

Noun

mam f ‎(plural mamen)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) mother

   mam an aatj‎

   mother and father

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mãm]

Verb

mam

1. first-person singular present of mieć

Noun

mam

1. genitive plural of mama

Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

mam

1. (Kajkavian) right now
2. (Kajkavian) immediately

Related terms

• odmah

Spanish

Adjective

mam m, f ‎(plural mames)

1. Mam (of or pertaining to the Mam people)

Noun

mam m ‎(uncountable)

1. Mam (language)

mam m, f ‎(plural mam or mames)

1. Mam

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *mamm, from Proto-Celtic *mammā, a baby talk word replacing Proto-Celtic *mātīr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mam]

Noun

mam f (plural mamau)

1. mother
2. ancestress
3. dam
4. queen bee

Coordinate terms

• mab ‎(“son”)
• merch ‎(“daughter”)
• tad ‎(“father”)

Mutation

References

• “mam” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.

Wemba-Wemba

Noun

mam

1. father