Parts Composed of the characters 女 woman and 马 horse.

Memory hook A female horse is a loving mother 妈.

Combinations

Chinese	literally	English
妈妈	mother mother	mommy
大妈	big mother	aunt, auntie; title for an elderly woman

[1] waipio valley horse begging rachel - _MG_6174 by user sean dreilinger from http://www.flickr.com/photos/seandreilinger/178869584/, detail, under license: Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic