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語源 1

Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”). Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.

名詞

mam (plural mams)

1. (UK, Ireland, regional, informal, colloquial) Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.
   • 2021, Glenda Young, The Miner's Lass:

     She'd sit by the fire, arms crossed, demanding that Ruby spike her tea with a cinder. But Ruby would never give in to her demands, no matter how much her mam begged. There was no alcohol in the house now; Arthur had made sure of that in an effort to get Mary sober.

使用する際の注意点

• Used in place of mum or ma in Scotland, Northumbrian dialects such as Geordie, as well as throughout Ireland and Liverpool, Cumbria, Kingston upon Hull, Shetland, and the South Wales valleys; the Welsh word for mother is mam.

派生語

参考

• ma'am

参照

• Bill Griffiths, editor (2004), “mam”, in A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear: Northumbria University Press, →ISBN.
• Scott Dobson, Dick Irwin, “mam”, in Newcastle 1970s: Durham & Tyneside Dialect Group‎, archived from the original on 5 September 2024.

語源 2

From mammary.

名詞

mam (plural mams)

1. (UK, slang, chiefly in the plural) A woman's breast.
   • 2002, David M. Burns, Quests, page 24:

     There was another teacher […] who came to class fairly often wearing a thin silk blouse and NO BRA. Her 'mams' bounced appropriately, which was of course utterly FASCINATING for every boy in the class.

   • 2022, Craig W. Stanfill, The Prophecy of the Heron:

     She focused her entire mind on that moment she had shared with Shan, the softness of her mams, the wetness of her lips.

参照

• Tony Thorne (2014), “mam”, in Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, 4th edition, London;  […]: Bloomsbury

アナグラム

• MMA, Amm, amm