μαμά

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek μάμμα (mámma) with one < μ > (simplification of spelling) and recessive accent as in the French maman. From the Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē, “mom; later: grandmother”)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [maˈma]
  • Hyphenation: μα‧μά

Noun

μαμά • (mamá) f (plural μαμάδες)

  1. (familiar) mom, mum, ma
  2. (figuratively, slang, rare) a vehicle with unmodified factory-built equipment.

Declension
declension of μαμά
case     \     number singular plural
nominative μαμά • μαμάδες •
genitive μαμάς • μαμάδων •
accusative μαμά • μαμάδες •
vocative μαμά • μαμάδες •

Derived terms
  • μαμάκα f (mamáka) (diminutive)
  • μαμάκιας (mamákias) (colloquial)
  • μαμή f (mamí), μαμμή (mammí, “midwife”)
  • μαμίσιος (mamísios, “factory-built”)
  • μαμόθρεφτος (mamóthreftos)
  • χαζομαμά f (chazomamá)
  • see: μητέρα f (mitéra, “mother”)

References
  1. μαμά - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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