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===Etymology=== |
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From {{der|en|pt|ama||female nurse}}, from {{der|en|ML.|amma||[[wet nurse]], [[amma#Etymology 2|amma]]}}, perhaps an alteration of {{der|en|la|mamma}}, of imitative origin, or from {{der|en|grc|-}}. |
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===Pronunciation=== |
===Pronunciation=== |
Revision as of 07:54, 10 August 2020
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of Latin mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.
Pronunciation
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Noun
amah (plural amahs)
- In South Asia, a woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
- In China and Southeast Asia, a female domestic helper.
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 20:
- Then one day he disappeared and when Luke called apprehensively at his apartment the old amah told him that ‘Whisky Papa runrun London fastee.’
- 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 20:
See also
Anagrams
Indonesian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
amah (first-person possessive amahku, second-person possessive amahmu, third-person possessive amahnya)
- female domestic helper.
Etymology 2
From Arabic عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “common people, public”).
Pronunciation
Noun
amah (first-person possessive amahku, second-person possessive amahmu, third-person possessive amahnya)
Categories:
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian nouns
- Indonesian terms derived from Arabic