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 Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes  Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 25 of 39 13 October 2006 at 3:23am | IP Logged | ||||||||
That is exactly what it means in Spanish. (And it is not "too", the word for mother is slightly different :o) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 26 of 39 13 October 2006 at 6:22am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I didn't know that "mama" could be used as breast, although "mamar" (to suckle) is similar to "mamá" (mum). Edited by patuco on 13 October 2006 at 9:01am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Hencke Tetraglot Moderator Spain Joined 6894 days ago 2340 posts - 2444 votes Speaks: Swedish*, Finnish, EnglishC2, Spanish Studies: Mandarin Personal Language Map | Message 27 of 39 13 October 2006 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
It's not the most frequently used word for that, except in "cáncer de mama" = "breast cancer". 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Sir Nigel Senior Member United States Joined 7104 days ago 1126 posts - 1102 votes 2 sounds | Message 28 of 39 13 October 2006 at 4:53pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Mammography also came to mind. I'm not sure what the origin of that words is, but it's using a similar stem.
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| Alijsh Tetraglot Senior Member Iran jahanshiri.ir/ Joined 6622 days ago 149 posts - 167 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Persian*, Spanish, French, English Studies: German, Italian | Message 29 of 39 14 October 2006 at 12:06am | IP Logged | ||||||||
How interesting! In Persian we have also mame. It's used by anybody not only babies :D In english we have also mammal that's from the same root. There's also another similarity between Spanish and Persian: nini vs. niño. But nini only means infant not child. Edited by Alijsh on 14 October 2006 at 12:15am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 30 of 39 14 October 2006 at 2:54am | IP Logged | ||||||||
I would have said something else for breast cancer.
"Mammary"? Edited by patuco on 14 October 2006 at 2:57am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Iversen Super Polyglot Moderator Denmark berejst.dk Joined 6703 days ago 9078 posts - 16473 votes Speaks: Danish*, French, English, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Esperanto, Romanian, Catalan Studies: Afrikaans, Greek, Norwegian, Russian, Serbian, Icelandic, Latin, Irish, Lowland Scots, Indonesian, Polish, Croatian Personal Language Map | Message 31 of 39 15 October 2006 at 6:00pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Latin 'mamma', - note also 'mamífero' for mammal. By the way, I don't think that the Romans used the word for mothers in general, it must be a later development. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| bohemianrsdy Bilingual Diglot Newbie United States Joined 7054 days ago 6 posts - 6 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin* Studies: Spanish | Message 32 of 39 02 November 2006 at 12:23am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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In mandarin, mama (first tone for the first ma), the short tone(on the second ma) means mother. There are also other variations of mama in terms of tones.
Some people just say "ma" for mother, like me. I think adults use "ma" more often than children. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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