mami

See also: Mami, mamí, mamī, and māmi

English

Etymology

From Spanish mami.

Noun

mami (plural mamis)

  1. (chiefly Latin American, Philippines) mommy, mother
  2. (chiefly Latin American) attractive woman; momma
  3. (chiefly Latin American) a term of affection for a woman

Anagrams


Albanian

Noun

mami

  1. mom
  2. midwife

Catalan

Verb

mami

  1. third-person singular imperative form of mamar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmamɪ]

Noun

mami f

  1. mom, mum

Usage notes

Synonyms

See also


Finnish

Etymology

From English mommy.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑmi/, [ˈmɑmi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmi
  • Syllabification(key): ma‧mi

Noun

mami

  1. (colloquial) mom, mum

Declension

Inflection of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative mami mamit
genitive mamin mamien
partitive mamia mameja
illative mamiin mameihin
singular plural
nominative mami mamit
accusative nom. mami mamit
gen. mamin
genitive mamin mamien
partitive mamia mameja
inessive mamissa mameissa
elative mamista mameista
illative mamiin mameihin
adessive mamilla mameilla
ablative mamilta mameilta
allative mamille mameille
essive mamina mameina
translative mamiksi mameiksi
instructive mamein
abessive mamitta mameitta
comitative mameineen
Possessive forms of mami (type risti)
possessor singular plural
1st person mamini mamimme
2nd person mamisi maminne
3rd person maminsa

Ido

Noun

mami

  1. plural of mamo

Japanese

Romanization

mami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まみ

Kaurna

Noun

mami

  1. species of possum

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mami/

Etymology 1

From French mamie.

Noun

mami

  1. grandmother
    Synonym: granmer

Etymology 2

From Marathi मामी (māmī).

Noun

mami

  1. aunt, particularly maternal uncle's wife
    Synonym: matant

Pijin

Etymology

From English mammy.

Noun

mami

  1. mother

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: ma‧mi

Verb

mami

  1. third-person singular present of mamić

Sakizaya

Noun

mami

  1. pomelo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmami/ [ˈma.mi]
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: ma‧mi

Noun

mami f (plural mamis)

  1. (informal) mommy
  2. (Central America, Philippines) mother
  3. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
  4. (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
  5. (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
  6. (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man

Further reading


Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”), according to Gloria Chan-Yap. An alternate etymology says it comes from Hokkien (má-mī, “Ma’s noodles”), noodles peddled by Ma Mon Luk (馬文祿, Cantonese Yale: Máh Màhn-luhk; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má Bûn Lo̍k) since 1920s in Binondo, Manila.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ma‧mi

Noun

mami

  1. a dish of wheat noodles and cellophane noodles mixed with pork, chicken, pork liver, cabbage, carrots, shrimp (fresh or dried) and squid (fresh or dried)

Tok Pisin

Noun

mami

  1. type of yam
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