āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
big mama
/bËÉĒÉĄ mËÉËmÉ/
Big mama
01
āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ āĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻŦā§
used to refer to a man's wife or girlfriend
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I 'm going to take big mama out to dinner tonight.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§ big mama-āĻā§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋā§ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
02
āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāĻž, āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž
a woman that is regarded as the one who provides for her family
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She's our Big Mama, juggling work and family responsibilities to ensure we have a secure and comfortable life.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ˛āĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°āĻžāĻĒāĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāĻž, āĻŽāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž
a way of referring to the woman who is a leading member or the founder of an organization, movement, etc.
04
āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§, āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¨ā§
the mother of one's father or mother
Dialect
American
American
Idiom
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Big Mama always has a warm hug and a kind word for everyone who walks through her door.
āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻ¸āĻŦāĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻ°āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
