mama n 1Address to an man. Nig-insò ka mgo boi no dalaga, “Mama ka pad?” Lituk, “Balubatò ka pad?” The unmarried ladies asked, “Are you still an unmarried man?” Meaning, “Are you still a bachelor?” [DB said that the term mama is not about whether a person is someone's brother. Rather it is a term of address, used especially by an unmarried lady to an unmarried man but also used as term of respect to a married man. Also used between men as sign of respect.] 2Term of address of an unmarried lady to an unmarried man. [also to a male relative or brother.??] Ka ig-umow to dalaga to balubatò, si Mama. That which an unmarried lady address to a bachelor is mama.
