momma

mom·ma
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UK/ˈmɒmə/US/ˈmɑmə/

noun

A betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

momma1

nounmomma (plural mommas)

plural mommas

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of mama.

momma2

nounmomma (plural mommas)

plural mommas · alternative moma

  1. Philippineschiefly CordilleraA betel nut plus other ingredients (like areca nut, betel leaves, slaked lime, and tobacco) to be chewed on.

    𝘈𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘩𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘤, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘤 𝘔𝘗𝘚 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘔𝘈𝘑 𝘙𝘖𝘉𝘌𝘙𝘛 𝘉 𝘚𝘈𝘎𝘈𝘕𝘋𝘖𝘠, 𝘊𝘖𝘗, 𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 2 𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘺.

    2026 May 27, Bontoc Mps Kalalaychan, “𝑹𝑬𝑺𝑰𝑩𝑶 𝒂𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒐𝒇 𝑴𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂”, in Facebook

Synonyms & antonyms

nouninformal terms for a mother

Broader
motherfemale parent

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

momma · noun

  1. Ilocanomama
  2. Ilocanomama
  3. Englishmomma

Borrowed from Ilocano mama.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Tagalog nganga
  • ngangabetel nut for chewing

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with momma

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Cite this entry
APA

momma. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/momma

MLA

“momma.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/momma. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “momma,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/momma.

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