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Mam vs Eam - What's the difference?

mam | eam |

As nouns the difference between mam and eam

is that mam is diminutive of mother while eam is uncle.

As a proper noun Mam

is a Mayan language spoken in the Mexican state of Chiapas and the Guatemalan departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, and Retalhuleu.

mam

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (informal, and, colloquial) Diminutive of mother.

    • Usage notes

    Used in place of mum or ma in Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool.

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    eam

    English

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    * (l) * (l) (Scottish)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dialectal, or, obsolete) Uncle.
  • *2011 , Ernest R. Holloway, Andrew Melville and Humanism in Renaissance Scotland 1545-1622 :
    • James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam , Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.

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