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# mamma

«mamma» in Mova's school dictionary: **an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural mammas)

### meaning for a pupil

Mamma is an old-fashioned word for mother, used by young children. Also used in tales as a childlike word for mother. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamma/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a child speaking to or about its mother

### examples

- Mamma, can I have a drink? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamma/#x1)
- Grand-mamma, what great arms you have got! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamma/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mamma» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mamma/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.