Meaning

noun a member of a Mayan people of southwestern Guatemala

noun a Mayan language spoken by the Mam

originAlteration 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.

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