momma

English

Etymology 1

A variant of mama.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒmə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑmə/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɒmə
• Hyphenation: mom‧ma

Noun

momma (plural mommas)

1. Alternative spelling of mama.

Derived terms

• mommacita
• save the drama for your momma
• stepmomma
• yo momma

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Ilocano mamabor.

English momma

Borrowed from Ilocano mama.

Noun

momma (plural mommas)

2. (Philippines, chiefly Cordillera) A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on.

   No spitting of momma here.

Alternative forms

• moma

Derived terms

• momma juice

Translations

betel nut for chewing

• Ibanag: maman, ngengngoq
• Ilocano: mama
• Ivatan: mamahen
• Kankanaey: mema
• Pangasinan: gagalen
• Tagalog: nganga (tl)

Further reading

• betel nut chewing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mammo, mammo-

Faroese

Alternative forms

• mamma

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔmːa/
• Rhymes: -ɔmːa

Noun

momma f (genitive singular mommu, plural mommur)

1. (Suðuroy) mom, mum (colloquial word for mother)

   Hvar er momma mín?

   Where is my mommy?

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	momma	momman	mommur	mommurnar
accusative	mommu	mommuna	mommur	mommurnar
dative	mommu	mommuni	mommum	mommunum
genitive	mommu	mommunnar	momma	mommanna

Synonyms

• (mother): móðir

Derived terms

• mommuepl