mama
Meanings
Plural: mamas
Noun
- informal terms for a mother
- a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
- Mother, female parent.
Origin / Etymology
Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by Middle English mome (“mother, aunt”), from Old English *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ (“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of *méh₂- (“mother”), related to German Muhme (“aunt”), Latin mamma (“mother, nurse”), Irish mam (“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma (“mother”).
Scrabble Score: 8
mama is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordmama is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
mama is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 10
mama is a valid Words With Friends word