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Meaning of mamma | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR B1
[ˈmam.ma]

Definitions

  1. breast
    declension-1, feminine
  2. udder; pap
    declension-1, feminine
  3. teat, dug
    declension-1, feminine
  4. mama (mother)
    childish, declension-1, feminine
  5. a protuberance on tree bark
    broadly, declension-1, feminine

Equivalents

English boob breast milk-mother mum
Kurdî amma mûm
Latina nutrix
Svenska amma

Examples

“Puero isti da mammam.”

Give that boy of yours your breast [i.e. suckle him].

“mammam sugere”

to suck on a breast

“Cum cibum ac potionem buas ac papas vocent, matrem mammam, patrem tatam.”

Since children call food and drink bua and papa, mother mamma and father tata.

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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