mami

From Spanish mami.

mami (plural mamis)

1. (chiefly Latin American, Philippines) mommy, mother
2. (chiefly Latin American) attractive woman; momma
3. (chiefly Latin American) a term of affection for a woman

• I'mma, Imam, Imma, imam, imma, maim

mami

1. mom
2. midwife

mami

1. third-person singular imperative form of mamar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar
3. first-person singular present subjunctive form of mamar

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamɪ]

mami f (indeclinable)

1. mom, mum

   Synonyms: matka, maminka

• Singular only. Usually only used in the vocative case.

• tati

From English mommy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝mi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧mi

mami

1. (colloquial) mom, mum

mami

1. plural of mamo

mami

1. Rōmaji transcription of まみ

mami

1. species of possum

• IPA^(key): /mami/

From French mamie.

mami

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

From Marathi मामी (māmī).

mami

1. aunt, particularly maternal uncle's wife

   Synonym: matant

From English mammy.

mami

1. mother

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mi/
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

mami

1. third-person singular present of mamić

mami

1. pomelo

• IPA^(key): /ˈmami/ [ˈma.mi]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

mami f (plural mamis)

1. (informal) mommy
2. (Central America, Philippines) mother
3. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
4. (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
5. (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
6. (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man

• “mami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• bami

From Hokkien, either from:

• From Hokkien 肉麵／肉面 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). Compare Cebuano bam-i, Indonesian bakmi. See also Hokkien 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (gû-mah-mī), where 牛 (gû, “beef”) may have simply been omitted from.
• From Hokkien 馬麵／马面 (má-mī, “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) since 1920s in Binondo, Manila.

• Hyphenation: ma‧mi
• IPA^(key): /ˈmami/, [ˈma.mɪ]

mami (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒ)

1. mami, a dish of wheat noodles and cellophane noodles mixed with pork, chicken, pork liver, cabbage, carrots, shrimp (fresh or dried) and squid (fresh or dried)

• KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “mami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 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, page 138

mami

1. type of yam