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mami

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English

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish mami.

Noun

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mami (plural mamis)

  1. (chiefly Latin America, Philippines) mommy, mother
  2. (chiefly Latin America) attractive woman; momma
  3. (chiefly Latin America) a term of affection for a woman

Etymology 2

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Borrowed from Tagalog mami, from Hokkien. Doublet of bakmi.

Noun

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mami (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) A soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with meat of either pork, chicken, pork liver, beef brisket, and/or fresh or dried seafood such as shrimp or squid, and/or wanton dumplings, and vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, spring onion, etc.
    Synonym: pancit mami
    • 2003, Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Welostit and Other Stories, page 51:
      One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles.
    • 2008, Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?, page 369:
      When her awaited bus arrives, she passes up instant mami noodles for a chance to dip her hand in a box of old shoes.
    • 2013, Ed S. Teovisio, The 8 Streams of Confluent Learning to Personal Effectiveness, page 22:
      A new era came in the 90's when the Generation Y (Gen Y), born in the mid-70's to mid-80's, started trickling into the urban development craze with the booming of malls and instant products from instant mami to instant coffee to instant beauty.
Derived terms
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Anagrams

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Albanian

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Noun

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mami

  1. mom
  2. midwife

Catalan

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Verb

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mami

  1. inflection of mamar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Czech

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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mami f (indeclinable)

  1. mom, mum
    Synonyms: matka, maminka

Usage notes

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See also

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Further reading

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  • mami”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • mami”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • mami”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Finnish

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Etymology

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From English mommy.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝mi]
  • Rhymes: -ɑmi
  • Hyphenation(key): ma‧mi

Noun

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mami (colloquial)

  1. mom, mum

Declension

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Inflection of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative mami mamit
genitive mamin mamien
partitive mamia mameja
illative mamiin mameihin
singular plural
nominative mami mamit
accusative nom. mami mamit
gen. mamin
genitive mamin mamien
partitive mamia mameja
inessive mamissa mameissa
elative mamista mameista
illative mamiin mameihin
adessive mamilla mameilla
ablative mamilta mameilta
allative mamille mameille
essive mamina mameina
translative mamiksi mameiksi
abessive mamitta mameitta
instructive mamein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mamini mamini
accusative nom. mamini mamini
gen. mamini
genitive mamini mamieni
partitive mamiani mamejani
inessive mamissani mameissani
elative mamistani mameistani
illative mamiini mameihini
adessive mamillani mameillani
ablative mamiltani mameiltani
allative mamilleni mameilleni
essive maminani mameinani
translative mamikseni mameikseni
abessive mamittani mameittani
instructive
comitative mameineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative mamisi mamisi
accusative nom. mamisi mamisi
gen. mamisi
genitive mamisi mamiesi
partitive mamiasi mamejasi
inessive mamissasi mameissasi
elative mamistasi mameistasi
illative mamiisi mameihisi
adessive mamillasi mameillasi
ablative mamiltasi mameiltasi
allative mamillesi mameillesi
essive maminasi mameinasi
translative mamiksesi mameiksesi
abessive mamittasi mameittasi
instructive
comitative mameinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative mamimme mamimme
accusative nom. mamimme mamimme
gen. mamimme
genitive mamimme mamiemme
partitive mamiamme mamejamme
inessive mamissamme mameissamme
elative mamistamme mameistamme
illative mamiimme mameihimme
adessive mamillamme mameillamme
ablative mamiltamme mameiltamme
allative mamillemme mameillemme
essive maminamme mameinamme
translative mamiksemme mameiksemme
abessive mamittamme mameittamme
instructive
comitative mameinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative maminne maminne
accusative nom. maminne maminne
gen. maminne
genitive maminne mamienne
partitive mamianne mamejanne
inessive mamissanne mameissanne
elative mamistanne mameistanne
illative mamiinne mameihinne
adessive mamillanne mameillanne
ablative mamiltanne mameiltanne
allative mamillenne mameillenne
essive maminanne mameinanne
translative mamiksenne mameiksenne
abessive mamittanne mameittanne
instructive
comitative mameinenne

Ido

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Noun

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mami

  1. plural of mamo

Japanese

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Romanization

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mami

  1. Rōmaji transcription of まみ

Kaurna

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Noun

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mami

  1. species of possum

Mauritian Creole

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From French mamie.

Noun

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mami

  1. grandmother
    Synonym: granmer

Etymology 2

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From Marathi मामी (māmī).

Noun

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mami

  1. aunt, particularly maternal uncle's wife
    Synonym: matant

Pijin

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Etymology

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From English mammy.

Noun

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mami

  1. mother

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈma.mi/
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: ma‧mi

Verb

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mami

  1. third-person singular present of mamić

Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ma.ˈmi/, [ma.ˈmi]

Noun

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mami

  1. pomelo

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈmami/ [ˈma.mi]
  • Rhymes: -ami
  • Syllabification: ma‧mi

Noun

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mami f (plural mamis)

  1. (informal) mommy
  2. (Central America, Philippines) mother
  3. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
  4. (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
  5. (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
  6. (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man
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Further reading

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Tagalog

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Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia tl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien, either:

Manuel (1948) also records an entry, providing the definitions and pronunciation of Hokkien 肉麵 / 肉面 (mah-mī, meat and noodles soup, literally meat and noodles), but misidentifies it as Cantonese.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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mami (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒ)

  1. mami (a soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with various meat and vegetables)
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Further reading

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  • mami”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • mami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 138
  • Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 40

Anagrams

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Tok Pisin

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Noun

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mami

  1. type of yam