mummy

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• /ˈmʌm.i/
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• South-Asia: /ˈməm.mi/
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From Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo.

From mum + -y (diminutive suffix), related to mom and mommy, from mother.

191 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: mummie — embalmed corpse
• Albanian: mumje — embalmed corpse
• Arabic: مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ) — embalmed corpse
• Arabic: موميا (mūmiyā) — embalmed corpse
• Aragonese: momia — embalmed corpse
• Armenian: մումիա (mumia) — embalmed corpse
• Asturian: momia — embalmed corpse
• Azerbaijani: mumiya — embalmed corpse
• Bashkir: мумия (mumiya) — embalmed corpse
• Basque: momia — embalmed corpse
• Belarusian: му́мія (múmija) — embalmed corpse
• Bengali: মমি (momi) — embalmed corpse
• Breton: balzamegenn — embalmed corpse
• Bulgarian: му́мия (múmija) — embalmed corpse
• Burmese: မံမီရုပ်ကလာပ် (mammirupka.lap) — embalmed corpse
• Buryat: муми (mumi) — embalmed corpse
• Carpathian Rusyn: мумия (mumyja) — embalmed corpse
• Catalan: mòmia — embalmed corpse
• Chechen: муми (mumi) — embalmed corpse
• Chinese Cantonese: 木乃伊 (muk6 naai5 ji1) — embalmed corpse
• Chinese Mandarin: 木乃伊 (mùnǎiyī) — embalmed corpse
• Corsican: mummia — embalmed corpse
• Czech: mumie — embalmed corpse
• Danish: mumie — embalmed corpse
• Dutch: mummie — embalmed corpse
• Egyptian: z:a-H-A53 (sꜥḥ) — embalmed corpse
• Erzya: мумия (mumija) — embalmed corpse
• Esperanto: mumio — embalmed corpse
• Estonian: muumia — embalmed corpse
• Faroese: mumia — embalmed corpse
• Finnish: muumio — embalmed corpse
• French: momie — embalmed corpse
• West-Frisian: mummy — embalmed corpse
• Friulian: mumie — embalmed corpse
• Galician: momia — embalmed corpse
• Georgian: მუმია (mumia) — embalmed corpse
• German: Mumie — embalmed corpse
• Greek: μούμια (moúmia) — embalmed corpse
• Ancient Greek: τάριχος (tárikhos) — embalmed corpse
• Gujarati: મમી (mamī) — embalmed corpse
• Hawaiian: iʻaloa — embalmed corpse
• Hebrew: מוּמְיָה — embalmed corpse
• Hindi: मम्मी (mammī) — embalmed corpse
• Hungarian: múmia — embalmed corpse
• Icelandic: múmía — embalmed corpse
• Ido: mumio — embalmed corpse
• Indonesian: mumi — embalmed corpse
• Interlingua: múmia — embalmed corpse
• Irish: mumaí — embalmed corpse
• Irish: seargán — embalmed corpse
• Italian: mummia — embalmed corpse
• Japanese: ミイラ (mīra) — embalmed corpse
• Japanese: 木乃伊 (mīra) — embalmed corpse
• Javanese: mumi — embalmed corpse
• Kannada: ರಕ್ಷಿತ ಶವ (rakṣita śava) — embalmed corpse
• Kannada: ಮಮ್ಮಿ (mammi) — embalmed corpse
• Kashubian: mùmijô — embalmed corpse
• Kazakh: мумия (mumiä) — embalmed corpse
• Khmer: ម៉ាំមី (mammii) — embalmed corpse
• Korean: 미라 (mira) — embalmed corpse
• Kumyk: мумия (mumiya) — embalmed corpse
• Kyrgyz: мумия (mumiya) — embalmed corpse
• Ladin: mumia — embalmed corpse
• Latin: mumia — embalmed corpse
• Latvian: mūmija — embalmed corpse
• Lezgi: мумия (mumiä) — embalmed corpse
• Lithuanian: mumija — embalmed corpse
• Macedonian: му́мија (múmija) — embalmed corpse
• Malay: mumia — embalmed corpse
• Manx: shirgane — embalmed corpse
• Māori: whakapakoko — embalmed corpse
• Marathi: ममी (mamī) — embalmed corpse
• Mongolian: занданшуулсан шарил (zandanšuulsan šaril) — embalmed corpse
• Nepali: मम्मी (mammī) — embalmed corpse
• Norwegian: mumie — embalmed corpse
• Occitan: momia — embalmed corpse
• Odia: ମମୀ (mami) — embalmed corpse
• Ossetian: муми (mumi) — embalmed corpse
• Persian: مومیا (mumyâ) — embalmed corpse
• Piedmontese: mümia — embalmed corpse
• Polish: mumia — embalmed corpse
• Portuguese: múmia — embalmed corpse
• Punjabi: ਮੰਮੀ (mammī) — embalmed corpse
• Romanian: mumie — embalmed corpse
• Romansh: mumia — embalmed corpse
• Russian: му́мия (múmija) — embalmed corpse
• Sardinian: múmmia — embalmed corpse
• Scottish Gaelic: mumaidh — embalmed corpse
• Serbo-Croatian: му̑мија — embalmed corpse
• Serbo-Croatian: mȗmija — embalmed corpse
• Slovak: múmia — embalmed corpse
• Slovene: mumija — embalmed corpse
• Lower Sorbian: mumija — embalmed corpse
• Spanish: momia — embalmed corpse
• Spanish: chullpa — embalmed corpse
• Swahili: mumiani — embalmed corpse
• Swedish: mumie — embalmed corpse
• Tagalog: momya — embalmed corpse
• Tajik: мумиё (mumiyo) — embalmed corpse
• Tamil: மம்மி (mammi) — embalmed corpse
• Telugu: మమ్మీ (mammī) — embalmed corpse
• Thai: มัมมี่ (mam-mîi) — embalmed corpse
• Tibetan: པུར་ཕུང (pur phung) — embalmed corpse
• Turkish: mumya — embalmed corpse
• Ottoman Turkish: مومیا (mumya) — embalmed corpse
• Turkmen: mumiýa — embalmed corpse
• Ukrainian: му́мія (múmija) — embalmed corpse
• Urdu: ممّی (mammī) — embalmed corpse
• Uyghur: مۇمىيا (mumiya) — embalmed corpse
• Uzbek: mumiyo — embalmed corpse
• Vietnamese: xác ướp — embalmed corpse
• Waray-Waray: momya — embalmed corpse
• Welsh: mymi — embalmed corpse
• Yakut: мумия (mumiya) — embalmed corpse
• Yoruba: ṣìgìdì — embalmed corpse
• Arabic: مَامَا (māmā) — child's term for mother
• Arabic: مَامَان (māmān) — child's term for mother
• Arabic: أُمِّي (ʔummī) — child's term for mother
• Armenian: մայրիկ (mayrik) — child's term for mother
• Belarusian: ма́ма (máma) — child's term for mother
• Bulgarian: ма́ма (máma) — child's term for mother
• Catalan: mama — child's term for mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 媽媽 /妈妈 (māma) — child's term for mother
• Chinese Mandarin: 娘 (niáng) — child's term for mother
• Czech: máma — child's term for mother
• Czech: maminka — child's term for mother
• Danish: mor — child's term for mother
• Dutch: mama — child's term for mother
• Esperanto: panjo — child's term for mother
• Estonian: emme — child's term for mother
• Faroese: mamma — child's term for mother
• Finnish: äiti — child's term for mother
• French: maman — child's term for mother
• German: Mutti — child's term for mother
• German: Mama — child's term for mother
• German: Mami — child's term for mother
• Greek: μαμά (mamá) — child's term for mother
• Hebrew: אִמָא (imma) — child's term for mother
• Hindi: अम्माँ (ammā̃) — child's term for mother
• Hindi: माँ (mā̃) — child's term for mother
• Hindi: माताजी (mātājī) — child's term for mother
• Hungarian: mama — child's term for mother
• Hungarian: anya — child's term for mother
• Icelandic: mamma — child's term for mother
• Irish: mamaí — child's term for mother
• Irish: maime — child's term for mother
• Italian: mamma — child's term for mother
• Japanese: お母さん (okāsan) — child's term for mother
• Japanese: ママ (mama) — child's term for mother
• Korean: 엄마 (eomma) — child's term for mother
• Korean: 어머니 (eomeoni) — child's term for mother
• Latvian: māmiņa — child's term for mother
• Latvian: mamma — child's term for mother
• Lithuanian: mamytė — child's term for mother
• Lithuanian: mama — child's term for mother
• Macedonian: мама (mama) — child's term for mother
• Malay: ibu — child's term for mother
• Malay: bu — child's term for mother
• Malay: mak — child's term for mother
• Norwegian: mamma — child's term for mother
• Persian: مامان (mâmân) — child's term for mother
• Polish: mamusia — child's term for mother
• Polish: mama — child's term for mother
• Portuguese: mamãe — child's term for mother
• Portuguese: mamã — child's term for mother
• Punjabi: ਮੰਮੀ (mammī) — child's term for mother
• Romanian: mămică — child's term for mother
• Romanian: măicuță — child's term for mother
• Romanian: mamă — child's term for mother
• Russian: ма́ма (máma) — child's term for mother
• Russian: ма́мочка (mámočka) — child's term for mother
• Russian: ма́тушка (mátuška) — child's term for mother
• Sanskrit: अम्बा (ambā) — child's term for mother
• Scottish Gaelic: màmag — child's term for mother
• Serbo-Croatian: мама — child's term for mother
• Serbo-Croatian: mama — child's term for mother
• Slovak: mama — child's term for mother
• Slovak: mamička — child's term for mother
• Slovene: mama — child's term for mother
• Spanish: mamá — child's term for mother
• Swedish: mamma — child's term for mother
• Tamil: அம்மா (ammā) — child's term for mother
• Thai: คุณแม่ (kun mâe) — child's term for mother
• Thai: แม่ (mɛ̂ɛ) — child's term for mother
• Ukrainian: ма́ма (máma) — child's term for mother
• Urdu: اماں (ammā̃) — child's term for mother
• Urdu: امی (ammī) — child's term for mother
• Vietnamese: uây khyếm mẹ — child's term for mother
• Vietnamese: mẹ — child's term for mother
• Volapük: motül — child's term for mother
• Welsh: mami — child's term for mother