Mama

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ninhursag \Ninhursag\ prop. n. (Sumerian mythology)
     The great mother goddess in Sumerian mythology, worshipped
     also as {Aruru} and {Mama} and {Nintu}.
  
     Syn: Ninkhursag, Ninkharsag.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mama \Ma*ma"\, n.
     See {Mamma}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mamma \Mam*ma"\, n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma,
     influenced in spelling by L. mamma.]
     Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also
     {mama}.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Tell tales papa and mamma.               --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mama
       n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: {ma}, {mamma}, {mom}, {momma},
             {mommy}, {mammy}, {mum}, {mummy}, {mater}]
       2: a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "mama":
     dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mammy, mater, materfamilias,
     maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, mummy, old lady,
     old woman, stepmother, the old woman