1.
[syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2. a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ninhursag \Ninhursag\ prop. n. (Sumerian mythology)
The great mother goddess in Sumerian mythology, worshipped
also as Aruru and Mama and Nintu.
Syn: Ninkhursag, Ninkharsag.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mamma \Mam*ma"\, n. [Reduplicated from the infantine word ma,
influenced in spelling by L. mamma.]
Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [Written also
mama.]
[1913 Webster]
Tell tales papa and mamma. --Swift.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Mama \Ma*ma"\, n.
See Mamma.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
mama
n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma,
mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy]
2: a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "mama":
dam, foster mother, genetrix, ma, mam, mammy, mater, materfamilias,
maternal ancestor, matriarch, mom, mommy, mother, mummy, old lady,
old woman, stepmother, the old woman