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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by jangliss on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:21AM (#37420271)
In Turkish those are "anne" (an-ney) and "baba"... And "mama" means baby food!
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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by Cyph0n on Thursday September 07, 2023 @11:31AM (#37420427)
In Tunisian Arabic baby speak, “mama” means “mama” but “mam-ma” (see [1]) means food/eat.

Quite confusing, but it seems to work?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadda

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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by yongjik on Thursday September 07, 2023 @05:07PM (#37425597)
In Korean, "mamma" is baby-talk for food, "eomma" is mom, and "mama" is "Your Highness" (which is also a euphemism for... measles).
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Re:Are Any Words the Same in All Languages? by Cyph0n on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:33PM (#37426550)
So measles is a royal sickness.. I guess Korean wins haha
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