noun / interjection
mama
MAM-uh/ˈmæmə/
An affectionate or childlike word for one's mother.
The toddler reaches for her mama's hand.
Etymology
Mamma is a child’s word for mother, probably arising from repeated baby-talk sounds. Mama preserves that affectionate, infant-speech use.
In context
he would say, "Mama, go over there and skate with the adults. You go skate with them, and let me skate by myself.”
And at one point he looked at me and he said: "Mama, why do you wear makeup?"