mam
noun
[ mam ]
• one's mother.
• "my mam would have had a fit if I'd gone out dressed like that"
• a term of respectful or polite address used for any woman.
• "‘You all ride them horses down here?’ ‘Yes, mam.’"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in mam (sense 1)): perhaps imitative of a child's first syllables (see mama); mam (sense 2) is a variant of ma'am.
