"memama" meaning in Esperanto

See memama in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [meˈmama] Forms: memaman [accusative, singular], memamaj [plural], memamajn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ama Etymology: From memamo + -a. Etymology templates: {{af|eo|memamo|-a}} memamo + -a Head templates: {{eo-head}} memama (accusative singular memaman, plural memamaj, accusative plural memamajn)
  1. vain, narcissistic, self-centred, selfish Synonyms: egoisma
    Sense id: en-memama-eo-adj-WlMWEqc0 Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Esperanto terms suffixed with -a

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      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "memamo",
        "3": "-a"
      },
      "expansion": "memamo + -a",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From memamo + -a.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "memaman",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memamaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memamajn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "memama (accusative singular memaman, plural memamaj, accusative plural memamajn)",
      "name": "eo-head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧ma‧ma"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ivan Ilyich himself sometimes felt he was too vain and even paid too much heed to what others thought of him.",
          "roman": "Ivano Iljiĉ iam mem sentis ke li estas tro memama kaj eĉ tro atentema al tio, kion la aliaj pensis pri li.",
          "text": "Aleksej Birjulin (translator), “Misfortuna Historio” (“An Unpleasant Predicament”) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky,"
        },
        {
          "text": "Vladimir Okc (translator), Ojstro (The Gadfly) by E. L. Voynich, Part 2, Chapter 8,\nMalhela vespera lumo mildigis lian mokeman, memaman mienon kaj aperigis tragikajn faldetojn ĉe la buŝo.\nThe dim evening light, falling on his face, seemed to soften away its hard, mocking, self-assertive look, and to deepen the tragic lines about the mouth."
        }
      ],
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        "vain, narcissistic, self-centred, selfish"
      ],
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          "vain",
          "vain"
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        [
          "narcissistic",
          "narcissistic"
        ],
        [
          "self-centred",
          "self-centred"
        ],
        [
          "selfish",
          "selfish"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "egoisma"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[meˈmama]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ama"
    }
  ],
  "word": "memama"
}
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From memamo + -a.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "memaman",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memamaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "memamajn",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "memama (accusative singular memaman, plural memamaj, accusative plural memamajn)",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "me‧ma‧ma"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "eo",
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        "Esperanto adjectives",
        "Esperanto adjectives with red links in their headword lines",
        "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
        "Esperanto lemmas",
        "Esperanto terms suffixed with -a",
        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Rhymes:Esperanto/ama"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Ivan Ilyich himself sometimes felt he was too vain and even paid too much heed to what others thought of him.",
          "roman": "Ivano Iljiĉ iam mem sentis ke li estas tro memama kaj eĉ tro atentema al tio, kion la aliaj pensis pri li.",
          "text": "Aleksej Birjulin (translator), “Misfortuna Historio” (“An Unpleasant Predicament”) by Fyodor Dostoyevsky,"
        },
        {
          "text": "Vladimir Okc (translator), Ojstro (The Gadfly) by E. L. Voynich, Part 2, Chapter 8,\nMalhela vespera lumo mildigis lian mokeman, memaman mienon kaj aperigis tragikajn faldetojn ĉe la buŝo.\nThe dim evening light, falling on his face, seemed to soften away its hard, mocking, self-assertive look, and to deepen the tragic lines about the mouth."
        }
      ],
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        "vain, narcissistic, self-centred, selfish"
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          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "narcissistic",
          "narcissistic"
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          "self-centred",
          "self-centred"
        ],
        [
          "selfish",
          "selfish"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "egoisma"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "[meˈmama]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ama"
    }
  ],
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}

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