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the first word most humans say, and somehow still the loudest in any crisis.
means An informal, affectionate term for one's mother, used across countless languages and cultures.
from One of the truest 'universal' words: babies the world over make the easy 'ma' sound while nursing, and parents heard their own name in it. So 'mama' (and its cousins — Mandarin māma, Swahili mama, Latin mamma) didn't spread from a single source so much as get reinvented independently again and again, wherever there were infants and mouths. Linguists call these 'nursery words,' and 'mama' is the prince of them all.
- near universal
- Similar in nearly every language: mama, mam, ama.
- baby logic
- Easy lip sound babies babble before meaning it.
- animal moms
- Orcas, elephants, and apes mother for decades.
- queen bee
- One bee mother lays up to 2000 eggs daily.
mama cass elliot — the mamas & the papas singer, 1941-1974, known for 'california dreamin'
mama june shannon — reality tv personality from 'here comes honey boo boo,' tlc series starting 2012
mama bear — wi-fi mesh system by google launched 2020, competitor to eero