mama
noun B2- baby food
- pet food
- food (in child's language)
Forms you’ll meet
Tap for its suffix chainAfter a vowel, the “my” ending drops its own vowel: -m, as in mamam.
The last vowel, a, is a back vowel, so the “plural” ending is -lar.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mamasında. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After “his/her” or “their”, the ending takes an n: mamasında. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “in/at” ending is -nda.
After a vowel, s joins the ending: mamasıyla. The last vowel, a, is back and unrounded, so the “his/her” ending is -sı. After a vowel, y joins the ending: mamasıyla. The last vowel, ı, is a back vowel, so the “with/by” ending is -yla.
From the library
O, her sabah çok mama yer.
He eats a lot of food every morning.
Temizlik bittikten sonra yavru köpeklere mamalarını ve taze sularını verdim.
After the cleaning was finished, I gave the puppies their food and fresh water.
Evlerinin kapı önlerine ve yeşil parklara kaplar içinde temiz su ve lezzetli mama bırakırlar.
They leave clean water and delicious food in containers in front of their house doors and in green parks.
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