mami
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Etymology 1
Noun
mami (plural mamis)
- (chiefly Latin America, Philippines) mommy, mother
- (chiefly Latin America) attractive woman; momma
- (chiefly Latin America) a term of affection for a woman
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Tagalog mami, from Hokkien. Doublet of bakmi.
Noun
mami (uncountable)
- (Philippines) A soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with meat of either pork, chicken, pork liver, beef brisket, and/or fresh or dried seafood such as shrimp or squid, and/or wanton dumplings, and vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, spring onion, etc.
- Synonym: pancit mami
- 2003, Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Welostit and Other Stories, page 51:
- One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles.
- 2008, Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?, page 369:
- When her awaited bus arrives, she passes up instant mami noodles for a chance to dip her hand in a box of old shoes.
- 2013, Ed S. Teovisio, The 8 Streams of Confluent Learning to Personal Effectiveness, page 22:
- A new era came in the 90's when the Generation Y (Gen Y), born in the mid-70's to mid-80's, started trickling into the urban development craze with the booming of malls and instant products from instant mami to instant coffee to instant beauty.
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mami
Verb
mami
- inflection of mamar:
Pronunciation
Noun
mami f (indeclinable)
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
mami (colloquial)
Declension
| Inflection of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | mami | mamit | |
| genitive | mamin | mamien | |
| partitive | mamia | mameja | |
| illative | mamiin | mameihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | mami | mamit | |
| accusative | nom. | mami | mamit |
| gen. | mamin | ||
| genitive | mamin | mamien | |
| partitive | mamia | mameja | |
| inessive | mamissa | mameissa | |
| elative | mamista | mameista | |
| illative | mamiin | mameihin | |
| adessive | mamilla | mameilla | |
| ablative | mamilta | mameilta | |
| allative | mamille | mameille | |
| essive | mamina | mameina | |
| translative | mamiksi | mameiksi | |
| abessive | mamitta | mameitta | |
| instructive | — | mamein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Noun
mami
Romanization
mami
Noun
mami
- species of possum
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
mami
- grandmother
- Synonym: granmer
Etymology 2
Noun
mami
Etymology
Noun
mami
Pronunciation
Verb
mami
Pronunciation
Noun
mami
Pronunciation
Noun
mami f (plural mamis)
- (informal) mommy
- (Central America, Philippines) mother
- (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
- (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
- (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
- (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man
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Further reading
- “mami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien, either:
- 肉麵 / 肉面 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”, literally “meat and noodles”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). Compare Cebuano bam-i, Indonesian bakmi, Javanese ꦧꦏ꧀ꦩꦶ (bakmi), Dutch bami. See also Hokkien 牛肉麵 / 牛肉面 (gû-mah-mī, “beef noodles”).
- 馬麵 / 马面 (má mī, literally “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) in his restaurant since the 1920s in Binondo, Manila.
Manuel (1948) also records an entry, providing the definitions and pronunciation of Hokkien 肉麵 / 肉面 (mah-mī, “meat and noodles soup”, literally “meat and noodles”), but misidentifies it as Cantonese.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈmami/ [ˈmaː.mɪ]
- Rhymes: -ami
- Syllabification: ma‧mi
Noun
mami (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒ)
- mami (a soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with various meat and vegetables)
Related terms
Further reading
- “mami”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “mami”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 138
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 40
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Noun
mami
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