mami

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mami"

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mami.

Noun

mami (plural mamis)

1. (chiefly Latin America, Philippines) mommy, mother
2. (chiefly Latin America) attractive woman; momma
3. (chiefly Latin America) a term of affection for a woman

Etymology 2

English Wikipedia has an article on:

mami soup

Wikipedia

Borrowed from Tagalog mami, from Hokkien. Doublet of bakmi.

Noun

mami (uncountable)

1. (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 wonton 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.

Derived terms

• beef mami
• chicken mami
• instant mami
• pancit mami
• pork mami
• seafood mami

Anagrams

• I'mma, Imam, Imma, imam, imma, maim

Albanian

Noun

mami

1. mom
2. midwife

Catalan

Verb

mami

1. inflection of mamar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmamɪ]

Noun

mami f (indeclinable)

1. mom, mum

   Synonyms: matka, maminka

Usage notes

• Singular only. Usually only used in the vocative case.

See also

• tati

Further reading

• “mami”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “mami”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “mami”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Finnish

Etymology

From English mommy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝mi]
• Rhymes: -ɑmi
• Syllabification^(key): ma‧mi
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧mi

Noun

mami (colloquial)

1. mom, mum

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.

Possessive forms of mami (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mamini mamini accusative nom. mamini mamini gen. mamini genitive mamini mamieni partitive mamiani mamejani inessive mamissani mameissani elative mamistani mameistani illative mamiini mameihini adessive mamillani mameillani ablative mamiltani mameiltani allative mamilleni mameilleni essive maminani mameinani translative mamikseni mameikseni abessive mamittani mameittani instructive — — comitative — mameineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative mamisi mamisi accusative nom. mamisi mamisi gen. mamisi genitive mamisi mamiesi partitive mamiasi mamejasi inessive mamissasi mameissasi elative mamistasi mameistasi illative mamiisi mameihisi adessive mamillasi mameillasi ablative mamiltasi mameiltasi allative mamillesi mameillesi essive maminasi mameinasi translative mamiksesi mameiksesi abessive mamittasi mameittasi instructive — — comitative — mameinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative mamimme mamimme accusative nom. mamimme mamimme gen. mamimme genitive mamimme mamiemme partitive mamiamme mamejamme inessive mamissamme mameissamme elative mamistamme mameistamme illative mamiimme mameihimme adessive mamillamme mameillamme ablative mamiltamme mameiltamme allative mamillemme mameillemme essive maminamme mameinamme translative mamiksemme mameiksemme abessive mamittamme mameittamme instructive — — comitative — mameinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative maminne maminne accusative nom. maminne maminne gen. maminne genitive maminne mamienne partitive mamianne mamejanne inessive mamissanne mameissanne elative mamistanne mameistanne illative mamiinne mameihinne adessive mamillanne mameillanne ablative mamiltanne mameiltanne allative mamillenne mameillenne essive maminanne mameinanne translative mamiksenne mameiksenne abessive mamittanne mameittanne instructive — — comitative — mameinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative maminsa maminsa accusative nom. maminsa maminsa gen. maminsa genitive maminsa mamiensa partitive mamiaan mamiansa mamejaan mamejansa inessive mamissaan mamissansa mameissaan mameissansa elative mamistaan mamistansa mameistaan mameistansa illative mamiinsa mameihinsa adessive mamillaan mamillansa mameillaan mameillansa ablative mamiltaan mamiltansa mameiltaan mameiltansa allative mamilleen mamillensa mameilleen mameillensa essive maminaan maminansa mameinaan mameinansa translative mamikseen mamiksensa mameikseen mameiksensa abessive mamittaan mamittansa mameittaan mameittansa instructive — — comitative — mameineen mameinensa

Ido

Noun

mami

1. plural of mamo

Japanese

Romanization

mami

1. Rōmaji transcription of まみ

Kaurna

Noun

mami

1. species of possum

Mauritian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mami/

Etymology 1

From French mamie.

Noun

mami

1. grandmother

   Synonym: granmer

Etymology 2

From Marathi मामी (māmī).

Noun

mami

1. aunt, particularly maternal uncle's wife

   Synonym: matant

Pijin

Etymology

From English mammy.

Noun

mami

1. mother

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.mi/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈma.mi]

• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

Etymology 1

From mama +‎ -i.

Adjective

mami (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. (Far Masovian, Mława, relational, possessive) synonym of mamin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

mami

1. third-person singular present of mamić

Further reading

• Hieronim Łopaciński (1892), “mami”, in “Przyczynki do nowego słownika języka polskiego (słownik wyrazów ludowych z Lubelskiego i innych okolic Królestwa Polskiego)”, in Prace Filologiczne (in Polish), volume 4, Warsaw: skł. gł. w Księgarni E. Wende i Ska, page 276

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ˈmi/, [ma.ˈmi]

Noun

mami

1. pomelo

Spanish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmami/ [ˈma.mi]

• Audio (Costa Rica):

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• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

Noun

mami f (plural mamis)

1. (childish, endearing, informal) mommy
2. (Central America, Philippines) mother
3. (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) attractive woman; momma
4. (Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Venezuela) a term of affection for a woman
5. (Peru) a woman who runs a brothel; a madame
6. (Honduras, derogatory) a homosexual man

Related terms

• mamá
• papi

Further reading

• “mami”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmami/ [ˈmaː.mɪ]
• Rhymes: -ami
• Syllabification: ma‧mi

Etymology 1

Tagalog Wikipedia has an article on:

mami

Wikipedia ^tl

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.

Noun

mami (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒ)

1. mami (a soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with various meat and vegetables)

Alternative forms

• bami

Related terms

• bami
• lomi
• pansit mami
• tsami

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mommy.

Noun

mami (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜋᜒ) (slang, endearing)

1. female friend

Derived terms

• mima

Further reading

• “mami”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “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

Anagrams

• imam

Tok Pisin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

mami

1. type of yam