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máma

[ˈmama]

noun

LanguageCentral Bikol (Philippines)

Meaning
  1. a mother; a (human) female who (a) parents a child (b) gives birth to a baby (c) donates a fertilized egg or (d) donates a body cell which has resulted in a clone. Sometimes used in reference to a pregnant female, possibly as a shortened form of mother-to-be
  2. a term of address to one's mother, mother-in-law or wife
  3. mother
  4. A mother is a female who parents a child or gives birth to a baby. It is also used as a respectful term of address for one's mother or wife.
Examples

An sakong máma mahigos na gayo.

My mother is very hardworking.

Pronunciationˈmama

Part of speechnoun

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.