mama

5 definitions found

mama - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

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

  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]

mama - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

mama - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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