# mami
## English
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish mami.

#### 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.

##### 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
* mom
* midwife

## Catalan
### Verb

mami
* inflection of mamar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmamɪ]

### Noun

mami f (indeclinable)
* 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: /ˈmɑmi/, [ˈmɑ̝mi]
* Rhymes: -ɑmi
* Hyphenation: ma‧mi

### Noun

mami (colloquial)
* mom, mum

#### Declension

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
* plural of mamo

## Japanese
### Romanization

mami
* Rōmaji transcription of まみ

## Kaurna
### Noun

mami
* species of possum

## Mauritian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mami/

### Etymology 1

From French mamie.

#### Noun

mami
* grandmother
    Synonym: granmer

### Etymology 2

From Marathi मामी (māmī).

#### Noun

mami
* aunt, particularly maternal uncle's wife
    Synonym: matant

## Pijin
### Etymology

From English mammy.

### Noun

mami
* mother

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.mi/
* Rhymes: -ami
* Syllabification: ma‧mi

### Verb

mami
* third-person singular present of mamić

## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ma.ˈmi/, [ma.ˈmi]

### Noun

mami
* pomelo

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmami/ [ˈma.mi]
* Rhymes: -ami
* Syllabification: ma‧mi

### Noun

mami f (plural mamis)
* (childish, endearing, 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

#### Related terms

* mamá
* papi

### 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

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* bami

### 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: /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

* bami
* lomi
* pansit mami
* tsami

### 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

### Anagrams

* imam

## Tok Pisin
### Noun

mami
* type of yam