mama

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[Swahili Word] mama

[Swahili Plural] mama

[English Word] mother

[English Plural] mothers

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10ca

[Related Words] umama

[Swahili Example] mamangu (mama yangu)

[English Example] my mother

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[Swahili Word] mama mkubwa

[Swahili Plural] mama wakubwa

[English Word] aunt (mother's older sister)

[English Plural] aunts (mother's older sisters)

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Related Words] kubwa

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[Swahili Word] mama mdogo

[Swahili Plural] mama wadogo

[English Word] aunt (mother's younger sister)

[English Plural] aunts (mother's younger sisters)

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Related Words] dogo

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[Swahili Word] mama mkubwa

[Swahili Plural] mama wakubwa

[English Word] senior co-mother (wife the father married before marrying the mother)

[English Plural] senior co-mothers (wives the father married before marrying the mother)

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Related Words] kubwa

[Terminology] polygamy

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[Swahili Word] mama mdogo

[Swahili Plural] mama wadogo

[English Word] junior co-mother (wife the father married after marrying the mother)

[English Plural] junior co-mothers (wives the father married after marrying the mother)

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Related Words] dogo

[Terminology] polygamy

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[Swahili Word] mama wa kambo

[Swahili Plural] mama wa kambo

[English Word] stepmother

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Related Words] kambo

[Swahili Example] alimfananisha [...] Rozi na mama yake wa kambo [Sul]

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[Swahili Word] mama

[Swahili Plural] mama

[English Word] ma'am

[English Plural] ma'ams

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 9/10an

[Note] term of polite address used by younger men or women to older women, or by older men in positions of authority to younger women who are their subordinates (in and office, etc)

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[Swahili Word] mama mzazi

[Swahili Plural] mama wazazi

[English Word] birth mother

[English Plural] birth mothers

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

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