MAMA

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• MAMA (noun)
  The noun MAMA has 2 senses:

1. informal terms for a mother

2. a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped

  Familiarity information: MAMA used as a noun is rare.

• MAMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Informal terms for a mother

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

ma; mama; mamma; mammy; mom; momma; mommy; mum; mummy

Hypernyms ("mama" is a kind of...):

female parent; mother (a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother))

Sense 2

Meaning:

A name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

Semitic deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Semites)

 Context examples 

"Was it your mama who taught you that piece?" I asked.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Poor little soul! she could but just speak to be heard, and she said so prettily, 'Let sister Susan have my knife, mama, when I am dead and buried.'

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Oh! Mama, how shall we do without her?

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“My dear mama,” said Mrs. Strong, “never mind that now.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I hope your good grand-mama and aunt are well.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"Now she's mad. Oh, dear, I wish I hadn't asked you to speak, Mama," said May, looking disconsolately at the empty spaces on her table.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

A great many gentlemen and ladies came to see mama, and I used to dance before them, or to sit on their knees and sing to them: I liked it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Mrs. Strong's mama was a lady I took great delight in.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Mama saw him here once before;—but I was with my uncle at Weymouth.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Henry is a fine boy, but John is very like his mama.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)