The difference between Ma and Mummy

When used as nouns, ma means mother, mama, whereas mummy means an embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient egyptians.


Ma is also abbreviation with the meaning: may.

Mummy is also verb with the meaning: to mummify.

check bellow for the other definitions of Ma and Mummy

  1. Ma as a noun (astronomy, usually, in the plural):

  1. Ma as a noun (colloquial, and in direct address):

    mother, mama

  1. Mummy as a noun (countable):

    An embalmed human or animal corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.

  2. Mummy as a noun (countable, by extension):

    A reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films.

  3. Mummy as a noun (countable, by extension):

    Any naturally preserved human or animal body.

  4. Mummy as a noun (countable, uncountable, now, rare):

    A brown pigment originally prepared from the ground-up remains of Egyptian animal or human mummies mixed with bitumen, etc.

    Examples:

    "synonyms mummy brown"

  5. Mummy as a noun (uncountable, now, rare):

    A pulp.

  6. Mummy as a noun (uncountable, medicine, now, _, historical):

    A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.

    Examples:

    "rfquotek Sir T. Herbert"

  7. Mummy as a noun (uncountable, horticulture, obsolete):

    A sort of wax used in grafting.

  1. Mummy as a verb (transitive, dated):

    To mummify.

  1. Mummy as a noun (chiefly, UK, usually, childish):

    mother.

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