Used before monosyllabic names, family names, birth-order numbers, or kinship terms to express familiarity or intimacy.

mother; mom; ma

Used before monosyllabic names, family names, birth-order numbers, or kinship terms to express familiarity or intimacy.

used to address or refer to an aunt or a woman of one's mother's generation; also used as a respectful form of address for elderly women

Used before monosyllabic names, family names, birth-order numbers, or kinship terms to express familiarity or intimacy.

used as a title for middle-aged or elderly female domestic workers in former times