What did Christ call his mother?

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If we know that he called God the Father “Abba” - what would he have called his mother?

Aside from “woman,” which presumably he didn’t use all the time when he was a child.
 
Amma, I think, but I’m too lazy to go make sure right now.
 
How many guesses do I get, and what do I win if I guess correctly?

On a more serious note, I would imagine he called her the Hebrew (or Aramaic) equivelant of “Mom”. Since the Scriptures don’t tell us (and I’m not aware of any “sacred tradition” that gives this information), then I would suggest that it is not important for our understanding of Jesus, Mary, or our salvation.

BTW - Mary is not the only person Jesus addressed as “woman” (see Matt 15:28, Luke 13:12, John 4:21, John 8:10, and John 20:13 & 15).
 
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Amma is the female form of abba and was used in the first century. So if God is abba (father) it’s likely that Mary was amma (mother).
 
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