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Mem vs Mam - What's the difference?

mem | mam |

As nouns the difference between mam and mem

is that mam is diminutive of mother while mem is the thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

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.

mem

English

Alternative forms

* meem * mim

Noun

(en noun)
  • The thirteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

    • Anagrams

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    External links

    * (wikipedia "mem") English palindromes ----

    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.

    References

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    Anagrams

    * Geordie English Liverpudlian English Northumbrian English English palindromes ----