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单词 mamma-yaw
释义

mamma-yawn.

Brit. /ˈmaməˌjɔː/, U.S. /ˈmɑməˌjɔ/, /ˈmɑməˌjɑ/, Caribbean English /ˈmaːmɪˌjɔː/, /ˈmaːmɪˌjaː/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mama n.1, yaw n.2
Etymology: < mama n.1 + yaw n.2 Compare mama-pian n. and master yaw n. at master n.1 and adj. Compounds 6.
Jamaican.
= mama-pian n. (cf. master yaw n. at master n.1 and adj. Compounds 6, mother yaw n. at mother n.1 Compounds 7).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > suppuration > [noun] > a suppuration > abscess > ulcer > of yaws
master yaw1744
yaw1744
tubboe1769
mamma-yaw1801
mama-pian1822
mother yaw1822
mother-pian1898
1801 T. Dancer Med. Assistant 223 There is generally one pustule larger than the rest, called the Master or Mamma Yaw.
1820 J. Thompson Treat. Dis. Negroes 84 The negroes call this ulcer affected with the yaws the mamma-yaw.
1959 O. D. Simons in F. G. Cassidy & R. B. Le Page Dict. Jamaican Eng. (1967) (at cited word) /maami yaa/—still in use.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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