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Mamma vs Mauma - What's the difference?

mamma | mauma |

As nouns the difference between mamma and mauma

is that mamma is mommy, mum, mummy while mauma is (african american vernacular english) mother.

mamma

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) (m).

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (anatomy) The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
  • (meteorology) an accessory cloud like a mammary in appearance, which can form on the underside of most cloud genera
  • Derived terms
    * mammal * mammalgia * mammaplasty * mammary * mammate * mammatroph * mammectomy * mammiform * mammilla * mammiplasia * mammitis * mammoplasia * mammogen * mammogenesis * mammogram * mammography * mammose * mammosomatotrope * mammosomatotroph * mammotomy * mammotroph * mammotropic * mammotrophic * mammotropin

    Etymology 2

    Alternative spelling of mama'' or ''momma .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • : mother .
  • * 1856 , (Gustave Flaubert), (Madame Bovary), Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling
  • The next day Charles had the child brought back. She asked for her mamma . They told her she was away; that she would bring her back some playthings.
    English reduplications ----

    mauma

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (African American Vernacular English) mother
  • (African American Vernacular English) A title of respect for an elderly woman