- (dialect, informal)
mother 妈;妈妈 - (offensive)
an offensive word used in the past in the southern states of the US for a black woman who cared for a white family’s children 黑人保姆(旧时美国南方各州对照看白人孩子的黑人女子的贬称)
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from mam + -y; compare with mommy and mummy ‘mother’.