Contents
- 1 English
- 1.1 Etymology 1
- 1.1.1 Noun
- 1.2 Etymology 2
- 1.2.1 Noun
- 1.2.1.1 Derived terms
- 1.2.1 Noun
- 1.3 Anagrams
- 1.1 Etymology 1
- 2 Albanian
- 2.1 Noun
- 3 Catalan
- 3.1 Verb
- 4 Czech
- 4.1 Pronunciation
- 4.2 Noun
- 4.2.1 Usage notes
- 4.2.2 See also
- 5 Finnish
- 5.1 Etymology
- 5.2 Pronunciation
- 5.3 Noun
- 5.3.1 Declension
- 6 Ido
- 6.1 Noun
- 7 Japanese
- 7.1 Romanization
- 8 Kaurna
- 8.1 Noun
- 9 Mauritian Creole
- 9.1 Pronunciation
- 9.2 Etymology 1
- 9.2.1 Noun
- 9.3 Etymology 2
- 9.3.1 Noun
- 10 Pijin
- 10.1 Etymology
- 10.2 Noun
- 11 Polish
- 11.1 Pronunciation
- 11.2 Verb
- 12 Sakizaya
- 12.1 Noun
- 13 Spanish
- 13.1 Pronunciation
- 13.2 Noun
- 13.2.1 Related terms
- 13.3 Further reading
- 14 Tagalog
- 14.1 Alternative forms
- 14.2 Etymology
- 14.3 Pronunciation
- 14.4 Noun
- 14.4.1 Related terms
- 14.5 Further reading
- 15 Tok Pisin
- 15.1 Noun
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Spanish mami.
Noun[edit]
mami (plural mamis)
- (chiefly Latin America, Philippines) mommy, mother
- (chiefly Latin America) attractive woman; momma
- (chiefly Latin America) a term of affection for a woman
Etymology 2[edit]
English Wikipedia has an article on:
From Tagalog mami, from Hokkien.
Noun[edit]
mami (uncountable)
- (Philippines) mami, a soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with meat of either pork, chicken, pork liver, beef brisket, and/or fresh or dried seafood such as shrimp or squid, and/or wanton dumplings, and vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, spring onion, etc.
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Albanian[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
mami
- inflection of mamar:
Czech[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mamif (indeclinable)
Usage notes[edit]
See also[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami (colloquial)
Declension[edit]
| Inflection of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mami | mamit | ||
| genitive | mamin | mamien | ||
| partitive | mamia | mameja | ||
| illative | mamiin | mameihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | mami | mamit | ||
| accusative | nom. | mami | mamit | |
| gen. | mamin | |||
| genitive | mamin | mamien | ||
| partitive | mamia | mameja | ||
| inessive | mamissa | mameissa | ||
| elative | mamista | mameista | ||
| illative | mamiin | mameihin | ||
| adessive | mamilla | mameilla | ||
| ablative | mamilta | mameilta | ||
| allative | mamille | mameille | ||
| essive | mamina | mameina | ||
| translative | mamiksi | mameiksi | ||
| abessive | mamitta | mameitta | ||
| instructive | — | mamein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Ido[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
mami
Kaurna[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
- species of possum
Mauritian Creole[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
- grandmother
- Synonym: granmer
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
Pijin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
mami
Sakizaya[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mamif (plural mamis)
- (informal) mommy
- (Central America, Philippines) mother
- (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
- (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
- (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
- (Honduras, derogatory) a hom*osexual man
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hokkien, either:
- 肉麵／肉面 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”, literally “meat and noodles”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). Compare Cebuano bam-i, Indonesian bakmi, Javanese ꦧꦏ꧀ꦩꦶ (bakmi), Dutch bami. See also Hokkien 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (gû-mah-mī, “beef noodles”).
- 馬麵／马面 (má mī, literally “Ma’s noodles”), noodles peddled by Ma Mon Luk (馬文祿 ／ 马文禄, Cantonese Yale: Máh Màhn-luhk; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Má Bûn Lo̍k) in his restaurant since the 1920s in Binondo, Manila.
Manuel (1948) also records an entry, providing the definitions and pronunciation of Hokkien 肉麵／肉面 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”, literally “meat and noodles”), but misidentifies it as Cantonese.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒ)
- mami (a soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with various meat and vegetables)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “mami” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “mami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page138
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page40
Tok Pisin[edit]
Noun[edit]
mami
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