ma
735
7.9
- noun
- /mɑ/
- Informal
:
mamá
- You don't want me around, Ma?
- ma and pa
I said no, I won't, Ma, I'm going to be a comedian.
- I said no, I won't, Ma, I'm going to be a comedian.
- Call her right now and say hey, Ma, it's it's Joe and Frank, you know?
- I'm like, ma, go the fuck outside and just look up.
- in any town USA and well, Ma, this this woman got me ma.
- But Willow, Ma, I don't need your advice.
- Well, me, ma, what have you had it with?
Examples
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Ma gets nervous if I even stand near the hot plate.
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But my son called me Ma and said your dad thanks.
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You go stay with your ma now.
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- Please, Ma, not now!
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Just 10 more minutes, okay, Ma?
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Ma, let me help you with that.
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He built it for us, Ma.
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I'm heading home for some of my ma's ham-bone soup, so why not live a little right now?
Fiction book (1990) -
When I was little, my friends and I would all call our mothers ma.
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Every time I visit, my ma prepares my favorite meal.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A woman who has a child and cares for them
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1.0
A child's word for their mother
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1.0
A child's word for mom
223
1.9
A woman who gave you birth or cared for you
202
7.7
A child's informal name for their mother
98
5.6
A child's word for their mother
32
7.5
A woman who cares for a child and helps them grow
24
9.8
A woman who is a mother or cares for children
19
9.1
An informal name for a mother used in some English-speaking areas
12
9.9
An informal word people use for mother
5
8.2
A polite, affectionate word for mother used in parts of the UK and Ireland
5
8.8
A warm, informal word for a mother in Spanish-speaking families
2
9.5
A child's loving word for mother
2
9.0
A word children use for their mother
2
7.9
A loving name a child uses for their mother
Respectful or loving word for mother used in South Asian families
A warm informal name used for a mother in Urdu and Hindi
A loving word for mother used in Wales
Compounds
How Familiar
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ma comes from the simple baby sound 'ma' and from the word mama, which children in many languages use for 'mother'. So, ma is a warm, informal way to say 'mother'.