mama

/ˈmama/ · B1 · noun · f

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mama — ma

🤱 mama = English mama, and the mam- of mammal and mammary

From Latin mamma, meaning both breast and mother, itself a baby-talk word. The same root gives English mammal and mammary. In Spanish, mama (stress on the first syllable) is the breast; mamá, with the accent, is mom.

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