mama

ma·ma or mam·ma also mom·ma  (mäm)

n.

1. also (m-mä) Informal Mother.

2. Slang

a. A woman.

b. A wife.

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[Of baby-talk origin; see m-² in Indo-European roots.]

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mama or esp US mamma [mam-mah]

Noun

Old-fashioned, informal same as mother [reduplication of childish syllable ma]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	mama - informal terms for a mother           mom, momma, mommy, ma, mamma, mummy, mammy, mum female parent, mother - a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
	2.	Mama - a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped