mama

from 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

from 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]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mama \Ma*ma"\, n.
   See {Mamma}.
   [1913 Webster]

from 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]

from 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

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