mammy

sostantivoattestato nei dialoghi

mamma; mother

sostantivo

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mamma; mother
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storicoIn the southern United States, a black nanny employed to look after white children; or in the antebellum South, a female slave who was close to the household and looked after the children.
That's what you for—to help white folks keep niggers down. That's why he sent you to me. They be calling you mammy in a few years. You be running the whole house when the old man dies.

Etimologia

Etymology tree English mam Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English mamma ▲ English -y English mammy From mam + -y, or from mamma + -y.

Forme

plurale: mammies

mamma · The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals…mammal · A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by…mammoth · Any species of the extinct genus Mammuthus, of large, usually…

mammy · mamma; mother

man · An adult male human.Man · The genus Homo.man-made · Created or caused by human beings, as opposed to occurring in…

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.