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A child's word for mother.

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  1. n. A child's word for word/mother">mother.
  2. n. In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother.
  3. conj. But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick).
  4. n. a master's degree in arts and sciences
  5. n. one thousandth of an ampere
  6. n. informal terms for a mother
  7. 1. A child's word for word/mother">mother. 2. [Hind.] In Oriental countries, a respectful form of address given to a woman; mother. Balfour (Cyc. of India). But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppo presto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick). Moore (Encyc. of Music).
  8. But; -- used in cautionary phrases; as, "Vivace, ma non troppopresto" (i. e., lively, but not too quick). Moore (Encyc. of Music).
  9. n. informal terms for a mother