Meaning
1 senses(Caribbean, US)Often preceded by oh: used to express approval, joy, surprise, etc.
Examples
51 sentencesWhere's my mama?
Де моя мама? — deniko
ruГде мама? — saiko
deWo ist meine Mama? — Zaghawa
Mama, why is that person crying?
Mama, is it okay if I go swimming?
I'm not your mama.
Tom was always a mama's boy.
Origin
The origin of the noun is uncertain; it is probably a reduplication of ma, thought to be aThe origin of the noun is uncertain; it is probably a reduplication of ma, thought to be a sound made by babies when breastfeeding. The word is possibly influenced by Middle French maman (“mother”) (modern French maman), mamme (both probably from Latin mamma (“breast; nurse; (childish) mother, mama; grandmother”), probably cognate with Ancient Greek μᾰ́μμη (mắmmē, “breast; (childish) mother, mama; (Koine) grandmother”), both possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to nurse; mama, mother”)), but this is also uncertain as all the words could have developed independently as onomatopoeias.
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