# mamu
## Basque
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

mamu anim
* ghost

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

Shortened from maahanmuuttaja (“immigrant”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑmu/, [ˈmɑ̝mu]
* Rhymes: -ɑmu
* Hyphenation: ma‧mu

### Noun

mamu (informal, possibly derogatory)
* immigrant

#### Declension

Possessive forms of mamu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mamuni
mamuni
accusative
nom.
mamuni
mamuni
gen.
mamuni
genitive
mamuni
mamujeni
partitive
mamuani
mamujani
inessive
mamussani
mamuissani
elative
mamustani
mamuistani
illative
mamuuni
mamuihini
adessive
mamullani
mamuillani
ablative
mamultani
mamuiltani
allative
mamulleni
mamuilleni
essive
mamunani
mamuinani
translative
mamukseni
mamuikseni
abessive
mamuttani
mamuittani
instructive
comitative
—mamuineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mamusi
mamusi
accusative
nom.
mamusi
mamusi
gen.
mamusi
genitive
mamusi
mamujesi
partitive
mamuasi
mamujasi
inessive
mamussasi
mamuissasi
elative
mamustasi
mamuistasi
illative
mamuusi
mamuihisi
adessive
mamullasi
mamuillasi
ablative
mamultasi
mamuiltasi
allative
mamullesi
mamuillesi
essive
mamunasi
mamuinasi
translative
mamuksesi
mamuiksesi
abessive
mamuttasi
mamuittasi
instructive
comitative
—mamuinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mamumme
mamumme
accusative
nom.
mamumme
mamumme
gen.
mamumme
genitive
mamumme
mamujemme
partitive
mamuamme
mamujamme
inessive
mamussamme
mamuissamme
elative
mamustamme
mamuistamme
illative
mamuumme
mamuihimme
adessive
mamullamme
mamuillamme
ablative
mamultamme
mamuiltamme
allative
mamullemme
mamuillemme
essive
mamunamme
mamuinamme
translative
mamuksemme
mamuiksemme
abessive
mamuttamme
mamuittamme
instructive
comitative
—mamuinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mamunne
mamunne
accusative
nom.
mamunne
mamunne
gen.
mamunne
genitive
mamunne
mamujenne
partitive
mamuanne
mamujanne
inessive
mamussanne
mamuissanne
elative
mamustanne
mamuistanne
illative
mamuunne
mamuihinne
adessive
mamullanne
mamuillanne
ablative
mamultanne
mamuiltanne
allative
mamullenne
mamuillenne
essive
mamunanne
mamuinanne
translative
mamuksenne
mamuiksenne
abessive
mamuttanne
mamuittanne
instructive
comitative
—mamuinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
mamunsa
mamunsa
accusative
nom.
mamunsa
mamunsa
gen.
mamunsa
genitive
mamunsa
mamujensa
partitive
mamuaan mamuansa
mamujaan mamujansa
inessive
mamussaan mamussansa
mamuissaan mamuissansa
elative
mamustaan mamustansa
mamuistaan mamuistansa
illative
mamuunsa
mamuihinsa
adessive
mamullaan mamullansa
mamuillaan mamuillansa
ablative
mamultaan mamultansa
mamuiltaan mamuiltansa
allative
mamulleen mamullensa
mamuilleen mamuillensa
essive
mamunaan mamunansa
mamuinaan mamuinansa
translative
mamukseen mamuksensa
mamuikseen mamuiksensa
abessive
mamuttaan mamuttansa
mamuittaan mamuittansa
instructive
comitative
—mamuineen mamuinensa :

#### Derived terms

* mamupatja

#### Related terms

* matu

### Further reading

* “mamu”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* ammu, umma

## Gagauz
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Romanian mamă.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mɑˈmu/
* Hyphenation: ma‧mu

### Noun

mamu (definite accusative mamuyu, plural mamular, diminutive mamucuk)
* (informal, colloquial) mom
    Synonym: ana
    mamu! ayaam acêêrmom! my foot hurts

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Ciachir, Mihail (1938) “mamu”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 71
* Kopuşçu M. İ. , Todorova S. A. , Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “mamu”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 114
* N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “маму”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 325

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmamu/

### Noun

mamu
* accusative/instrumental singular of mama

## Upper Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmamu/

### Noun

mamu
* accusative/instrumental singular of mama

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈma.mu/

### Noun

mamu
* mother
    Synonym: mama

#### Usage notes

The terms mamu and mama are used for referring to a mother, whereas the term yaya is used for addressing one's mother.

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics