"mama" meaning in Swahili

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Noun

Audio: Sw-ke-mama.flac Forms: mama class IX [canonical], mama class X [plural]
Head templates: {{sw-noun|n}} mama class IX (plural mama class X)
  1. mother (female parent) Categories (topical): Female family members
    Sense id: en-mama-sw-noun-Dq9~yJhx Disambiguation of Female family members: 54 46
  2. Respectful term of address for an older woman. Categories (topical): Female family members, Parents
    Sense id: en-mama-sw-noun-ogVJuRsQ Disambiguation of Female family members: 54 46 Disambiguation of Parents: 25 75 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mama mkwe (english: mother-in-law), mama wa kambo (english: stepmother), mama mboga (english: female vegetable hawker), mama ntilie (english: female food hawker), mama samaki (english: female fish hawker), mama mdogo (english: mother's younger sister), mama mkubwa (english: mother's elder sister)
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "stepmother",
      "word": "mama wa kambo"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "female vegetable hawker",
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      "english": "mother's younger sister",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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        "Respectful term of address for an older woman."
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      "english": "mother-in-law",
      "word": "mama mkwe"
    },
    {
      "english": "stepmother",
      "word": "mama wa kambo"
    },
    {
      "english": "female vegetable hawker",
      "word": "mama mboga"
    },
    {
      "english": "female food hawker",
      "word": "mama ntilie"
    },
    {
      "english": "female fish hawker",
      "word": "mama samaki"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother's younger sister",
      "word": "mama mdogo"
    },
    {
      "english": "mother's elder sister",
      "word": "mama mkubwa"
    }
  ],
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    },
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