# ama
## Translingual
### Symbol

ama
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Amanayé.

### See also

* Wiktionary's coverage of Amanayé terms

## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈɑː.mə/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (Singapore English) IPA: /ˈɑː.mɑ/
* Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation, General American) -ɑːmə

### Etymology 1

From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.

#### Noun

ama (plural amas)
* Alternative spelling of amah
** 1910, Mary F. Roulet, The Spaniard at Home, page 14:Not only does the baby have a jewel then, or some handsome gift, but his ama (nurse) is remembered with a bright gold doubloon (sixteen dollars).
** 2007, Ondina E. González, Bianca Premo, Raising an Empire, page 143:Again as with Juan, shortly after the religious rite the children would be transferred to the care of wet nurses, or amas, who would take them into their individual homes.
** 2013, Maria Aurora Couto, Filomena's Journey:It was rumoured that she had been his ama, the wet nurse who then became part of the family, taking charge so effectively that she ruled the household.

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Japanese あま.

#### Noun

ama (plural amas)
* A traditional Japanese pearl diver, typically female.

### Etymology 3

From Polynesian.

#### Noun

ama (plural amas)
* (nautical) The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.

##### Translations
### Etymology 4

From Sanskrit अम (ama, “disease”).

#### Noun

ama (countable and uncountable, plural amas)
* (Ayurveda) A toxic byproduct of improper or incomplete digestion.

### Etymology 5

Unknown.

#### Noun

ama (plural amas)
* Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.

##### Translations
### Etymology 6

From Hokkien 阿媽 / 阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”). See also Hokkien 俺媽 / 俺妈 (án-má), Portuguese Templo de A-Má.

#### Alternative forms

* amah, ahma, amma

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔɐˈma/

#### Noun

ama (plural amas)
* (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
** 2012, Andrew Drilon, “Two Women Worth Watching”, in Charles Tan, editor, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology‎, Maple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, Inc., page 8:"Perhaps," her grandmother had said. She was nearing death at that point, Mia's ama. Her body was wracked with arthritis, rheumatism, Parkinson's, osteoporosis and more. The maids said she was crazy with pain, and perhaps too far gone to even think properly.
* (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) term of address for one's paternal grandmother
** 2017, Ari C. Dy, “Introduction”, in Chinese Buddhism in Catholic Philippines: Syncretism as Identity‎, Anvil Publishing, Inc.:There would always be some food offerrings there, and every morning, Amma would burn some incense. More elaborate offerings were made on the anniversaries of his birth and death, and the Chinese festivals for the dead such as Qingming in April and the Hungry Ghosts on the seventh lunar month.

##### Coordinate terms

* (paternal male): angkong
* (maternal female): guama
* (maternal male): guakong

### Etymology 7

Initialism.

#### Prepositional phrase

ama
* Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”)

### Anagrams

* AAM, aam, maa

## Afar
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈma/ [ʔʌˈmʌ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Determiner

amá
* this, that, these, those (masculine; near the spoken to)

#### See also
### References

* E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “ama”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
* Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Noun

ama
* father

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* amo

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈama]

### Conjunction

ama
* but, however
    Synonyms: megjithatë, mirëpo, por

## Alladian
### Noun

ama
* village

### References

* Marc Augé, Le rivage alladian: organisation et évolution des villages alladian

## Amis
### Noun

ama
* grandmother

### References

* “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎ (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

## Asoa
### Etymology

Compare Mangbetu àmà.

### Pronoun

ama
* we

### Further reading

* Asoa Swadesh List

## Basque
### Etymology

Nursery-word, first attested in the 15th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ama/ [a.ma]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ama, -a
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Noun

ama anim
* mother
* origin

#### Derived terms

* ama besoetako (“godmother”)
* Ama Birjina (“Virgin Mary”)
* ama familiako
* ama nagusi
* ama ponteko (“godmother”)
* ama-alaba (“mother and daughter”)
* ama-eskola (“preschool”)
* ama-esne
* ama-hizkuntza (“mother tongue”)
* ama-seme (“mother and son”)
* amabisaba (“great-grandmother”)
* amabitxi (“godmother”)
* amagai (“mother-to-be”)
* amaginarreba (“mother-in-law”)
* amagoi
* amakide
* amaldeko
* amama (“grandmother”)
* amandre
* amaorde
* amaordeko
* amaso
* amatar (“motherly”)
* amatasun
* amatiar (“maternal”)
* amatu (“to mother”)
* amatxo
* amatzako
* amazulo
* amona (“grandmother”)

### Further reading

* “ama”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
* “ama”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

## Betawi
### Alternative forms

* amè (Meester)

### Etymology

From sama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ama/
** Audio (Bekasi):(file)
** Audio (Gandaria Selatan):(file)
* Rhymes: -em
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Conjunction

ama
* and
* with

#### Usage notes

For many speakers, it is contrastive with sama (“same”).

## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʔaˈmaʔ/ [ʔaˈmaʔ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ma
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

amâ (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋ)
* father
    Synonyms: papa, tatay, papay

## Bolinao
### Noun

ama
* father

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.mə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈa.ma]

### Etymology 1

From Late Latin amma, q.v.

#### Noun

ama f (plural ames)
* wet nurse
    Synonym: dida
* mistress
    Synonym: mestressa

##### Derived terms

* amo

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ama
* inflection of amar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “ama” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Noun

ama
* (obsolete) a male parent; a father
    Synonyms: amahan, papa, tatay

## Chayuco Mixtec
### Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *awą.

### Adverb

ama
* (interrogative) when

### Conjunction

ama
* when

### References

* Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Educación Extraescolar en el Medio Indígena, pages 3, 86

## Domari
### Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit अस्मे (asmé) (locative of वयम् (vayam, “we”)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *asmáy, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥smé. Cognate with Hindi हम (ham), Urdu ہَم (ham), Punjabi ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃), Marathi आम्ही (āmhī), Konkani आमि (āmi), Assamese আমি (ami).

### Pronoun

ama (plural eme)
* I; first-person singular pronoun

### References

* Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

## Eastern Bontoc
### Noun

ama
* father

## Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl
### Adverb

ama
* now

## Esperanto
### Etymology

ami +‎ -a

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈama]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ama
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Adjective

ama (accusative singular aman, plural amaj, accusative plural amajn)
* loving, with love, relating to or characterized by love
    ama rememoro / sento.loving memory / feeling of love.
** (Can we date this quote?), Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga Heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 3,
    Per amaj, kunsentaj vortoj Leonardo sukcesis plie firmigi la konfidon de la junulo [...]Through loving, sympathetic words Leonardo managed to strengthen the youth’s trust [in him] further.

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈama̝/

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ama (“mistress”), from Hispanic Late Latin amma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *amma- (“mother”).

#### Noun

ama f (plural amas)
* mistress
* wet nurse
* housekeeper
** 1448, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 295:Iten, Johán Cortido, vesiño da çidade d'Ourense, et sua ama diseron, por lo dito juramento que feito avyan, que omes de Aluaro de Taboa[da] que lle lleuaron e tomaron do seu lugar de Casa Noua sete mantas e hun alfamare e tres sabaas de cama et hun pano de cabeça et quatro toucas et hun sodario et viinte e duas maranas de fiado delgado et seys bincos de prata et huas doas de viinte pares de doas et hun leitón, por que lle dauan dosentos mrs, et seys sacos et dous coitellos de mesa et çen mrs vellos en diñeiros, et tres capilejos et dous vntos, et dous legóos nouos et hun espeto et hua fouçe et hun caldeiro de cobre et hun manto vermello et hua sabaa, e que todo lle tomaran e que a apancaran e que a encheran de couçesItem, Xoán Cortido, citizen of the city of Ourense, and his housekeeper, told, under the oath they'd done, that men of Álvaro de Taboada took from them and took in their place of Casa Nova: seven blankets, a quilt, three bedsheets, a cloth for the head, and four shawls and a shroud and twenty two skeins of thin yarn and six silver earrings and twenty pairs of beads and a sucking piglet, for which they would give two hundred maravedis, and six bags and two table knives and a hundred old maravedis in coins, and three coifs and two lards, and two new hoes and a roasting skewer and a sickle and a copper cauldron and a red robe and a sheet, and that all this they took and that they beat her up and filled her with kicks

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ama
* inflection of amar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “ama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ama”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ama”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Galoli
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama—h.

### Noun

ama
* father

## Garo
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

ama
* mother

#### Synonyms

* ma·gipa

### References

* Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎, Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 375

## Guaraní
### Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi amana.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ãˈmã]
* Rhymes: -ã
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Noun

ama
* rain

## Gun
### Etymology

Cognate with Saxwe Gbe ama, Adja ama, Fon ama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ā.mà/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

amà (plural amà lẹ)
* leaf

## Hanunoo
### Alternative forms

* ama'

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *amá-q, from Proto-Austronesian *amax.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔamaʔ/ [ˈʔɐ.mɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -amaʔ
* Syllabification: a‧ma

### Noun

amà (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜫ)
* father

#### Usage notes

* The vocative form amang is also used when calling one's father instead of referring to the father.

#### Derived terms

* ama nagbakulod
* ama nagtanggapa
* ama ulong
* amaa
* amang

### Further reading

* Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 27
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amax”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Hawaiian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hama. Cognates include Tongan hama and Maori ama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ma/, [ˈɐ.mə]

### Noun

ama
* outrigger float

### References

* Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “ama”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press

## Hoyahoya
### Noun

ama
* man

### References

* Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒmɒ]
* Hyphenation: ama
* Rhymes: -mɒ

### Determiner

ama
* (archaic, literary) Alternative form of amaz before consonants: that (as in yon or yonder)
    Coordinate term: eme

#### Usage notes

See at eme.

#### Related terms

* amaz

### Further reading

* ama in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* ama, redirecting to amaz in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress)

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse ama.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -aːma

### Verb

ama (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative amaði, supine amað)
* to trouble

#### Derived terms

* ama að (“to be the matter with”)
* amast
* amast við (“to express one's annoyance at someone”)
    Hvað amar að þér?
       What is the trouble with you?

## Ilocano
### Noun

ama
* father

## Interlingua
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ma/

### Verb

ama
* present of amar
* imperative of amar

## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: [ˈɑmˠə]
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [ˈamˠə]

### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

ama m (genitive singular ama, nominative plural amaí)
* yoke
* (in the plural) hames

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ama
amaí
vocative
a ama
a amaí
genitive
ama
amaí
dative
ama
amaí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ama
na hamaí
genitive
an ama
na n-amaí
dative
leis an ama don ama
leis na hamaí :

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

ama m
* genitive singular of am

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ama”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ma/
* Rhymes: -ama
* Hyphenation: à‧ma

### Verb

ama
* inflection of amare:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Japanese
### Romanization

ama
* Rōmaji transcription of あま

## Jarai
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Noun

ama (classifier čô)
* father

## Javanese
### Romanization

ama
* Romanization of ꦲꦩ

## Kamayurá
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈma]

### Noun

ama
* mother

### References

* Meinke Salzer (1976) “Fonologia Provisória da Língua Kamayurá”, in Série Linguística, volume 5, pages 131–170

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈʔama/ [ˈʔaː.mʌ]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: a‧ma

### Noun

ama
* father

## Laboya
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Noun

ama
* father

### References

* Rina, A. Dj., Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) “ama”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 5
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*amax”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Ladino
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Spain):(file)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

#### Conjunction

ama (Hebrew spelling אמה)
* but; yet
    Synonyms: ma, pero
** 19th Century, Sa'adi Besalel a-Levi, chapter 24, in Aron Rodrigue, Sarah Abrevaya Stein, editors, A Jewish Voice from Ottoman Salonica: The Ladino Memoir of Sa'adi Besalel A-Levi‎, Stanford University Press, published 2012, →ISBN, page 236:En fin, estos se tornaron en vazio, i pedrieron el koraje, i non fueron mas en dingun modo de fyesta a demandar los bilyetos, ama empesaron a azerme konkorrensya en otros travajos.In the end they returned empty-handed and disappointed, and they were no longer in any mood to demand invitations for feasting, yet they started to compete with me in other areas of work.

##### Alternative forms

* amá

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Spanish ama (“wetnurse”), from Late Latin amma, q.v.

#### Noun

ama f (Hebrew spelling אמה)
* housewife (mistress of the house)
** 1997, Aki Yerushalayim: revista de las emisiones de Israel en djudeo-espaniol‎, numbers 56-58, page 45:[…] 'Hagar es buena i resive influensa de su ama, amiga i senyora Sara, ke es buena mujer i madre.Hagar is good and is influenced by her mistress, friend and lady Sarah, who is a good woman and mother.

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ama (Hebrew spelling אמה)
* third-person singular present indicative of amar

#### References

* ↑ “ama”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

## Latin
### Etymology 1

See hama.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.ma/, [ˈämä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.ma/, [ˈäːmä]

#### Noun

ama f (genitive amae); first declension
* Alternative spelling of hama

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### References

* ăma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* "2. AMA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* "3. AMA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* ăma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 108/3.
* “ama” on page 112/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
* Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “ama”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1

### Etymology 2

A regularly conjugated form of amō (“I love”, verb).

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈa.maː/, [ˈämäː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈa.ma/, [ˈäːmä]

#### Verb

amā
* second-person singular present active imperative of amō

## Laz
### Conjunction

ama
* Latin spelling of ამა (ama)

## Limos Kalinga
### Noun

amá
* father

## Lolopo
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔa³³ma³³]

### Noun

ama
* (Yao'an) mother, mom

## Lubuagan Kalinga
### Noun

ama
* father

## Maguindanao
### Noun

ama
* father

## Maltese
### Etymology

From Italian amare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.ma/

### Verb

ama (imperfect jama, past participle amat, verbal noun amar)
* to love, like

#### Related terms

* amabbli

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Noun

ama
* father

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hama. Cognates include Tongan hama and Hawaiian ama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ma/, [ɐ.mɐ]

### Noun

ama
* outrigger (of a canoe)
* bargeboard support

### References

* “ama” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Matal
### Conjunction

ama
* but
    Dza uwana asal matəf gəl aŋha, adàziŋ ala, ama dza uwana az gəl aŋha ala kà gi, adàɓəl gəl aŋha. (Mata 16:25)For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life on account of me will find it. (Matthew 16:25)

### References

* ↑ http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#25

## Nias
### Noun

ama (mutated form nama)
* father
    amagu ― my father
    amada ― our (and also your) father

### References

* ↑ Brown, Lea (1997) "Nominal Mutation in Nias." In Odé, Cecilia & Wim Stokhof Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, p. 398. Amsterdam: Rodopi. →ISBN

## North Asmat
### Noun

ama
* (Weyo) bowstring

### References

* transnewguinea.org, citing Voorhoeve, C. L. 1980. The Asmat Languages of Irian Jaya. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.

## Nyimang
### Noun

ámá
* human beings, people
* members of the Nyimang people who speak the Ama dialect

### References

* Afrikanistische Arbeitspapiere, issues 61-64, page 103: From the accompanying notes, I have these self-names: Nyimang ama-du wada 'ama (people)-of language' and [...]
* Claude Rilly, Alex de Voogt, The Meroitic Language and Writing System (2012), page 80 (in notes)

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin amma, q.v.

### Noun

ama f (plural amas)
* wetnurse
* housewife (mistress of the house)

#### Descendants

* Galician: ama
* Portuguese: ama

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ama”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ammōną (“to irritate, bother”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- (“to insist, urge”).

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: am‧a

### Verb

ama
* to bother
* to wound

#### Conjugation
### Noun

ama f (genitive ǫmu, plural ǫmur)
* a large amount, a ton

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “ama”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin amma, q.v.

### Noun

ama f (plural amas)
* wetnurse

#### Descendants

* Ladino: ama, אמה
* Spanish: ama

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “ama”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume I, Chapel Hill, page 32

## Ometepec Nahuatl
### Noun

ama
* paper

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ̃.mɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ̃.mɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɐ.ma/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐ.mɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɐ.mɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈa.mɐ/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ama, from Late Latin amma, q.v.

#### Noun

ama f (plural amas)
* female nurse
    Synonym: enfermeira
* female housekeeper
    Synonym: governanta
* governess
    Synonym: governanta

##### Derived terms

* ama de leite
* ama-seca

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ama
* inflection of amar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Quechua
### Adverb

ama
* (imperative) do not, used with -chu
    Ama mikhuychu!Don't eat!

#### Derived terms

* ama ñiy

#### See also

* mana

### Noun

ama
* old ruin

#### Declension
## Rade
### Etymology

From Proto-Chamic *ʔama, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *t-ama, from Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /amaa/, [ʔəmaa]

### Noun

ama
* a father

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *hama. Cognates include Tongan hama and Hawaiian ama.

### Noun

ama
* outrigger

## Rukai
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

### Noun

ama
* father
* father's brother

## Sakizaya
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.ˈma/, [a.ˈma]

### Noun

ama
* father

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

ama m
* genitive singular of àm

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), in turn from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /âma/
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Conjunction

ȁma (Cyrillic spelling а̏ма)
* (regional) but [from 18th c.]

#### Synonyms

* (but): ali

### Interjection

ama (Cyrillic spelling ама)
* (regional) Used to express impatience.; ugh, blah

## Sicilian
### Verb

ama
* inflection of amari:
** third-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive
** second-person singular imperative

## Sidamo
### Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Burji ama and Hadiyya ama.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈama/
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

### Noun

ama f (plural amuwa f)
* mother

#### Declension
### References

* Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 82
* Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “ama”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

## Slovincian
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Amme.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.ma/
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: a‧ma

### Noun

ama f
* wet nurse (woman hired to suckle another woman's child)

### Further reading

* Lorentz, Friedrich (1908) “ą̃mă”, in Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎ (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 9

## Somali
### Conjunction

ama
* or

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈama/ [ˈa.ma]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: a‧ma

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Spanish ama (“wetnurse”), from Late Latin amma, q.v.

#### Noun

ama f (plural amas, masculine amo, masculine plural amos)
* lady of the house
* proprietress
* landlady
* housekeeper, head maid
* nursemaid, nanny
* wetnurse
* mistress

##### Usage notes

* Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like ama take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el ama. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al ama, del ama.
    These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un ama or una ama. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).
    However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor ama, una buena ama.
* If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el ama única, un(a) ama buena.
* In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

##### Derived terms

* ama de brazos
* ama de casa
* ama de cría
* ama de crianza
* ama de gobierno
* ama de leche
* ama de llaves

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ama
* inflection of amar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “amo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sumerian
### Romanization

ama
* Romanization of 𒂼 (ama)

## Swahili
### Etymology

From Arabic أَم (ʔam).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Conjunction

ama
* or
    Synonym: au

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h. Compare Bikol Central ama, Cebuano ama, Fijian tama, Higaonon amay, Hiligaynon amay, Ibanag yama, Maranao ama', Malay rama, Saaroa ama'a, Taivoan ama', and Yami ama.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈma/ [ʔɐˈma]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ma

#### Noun

amá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)
* (formal, literary) father
    Synonyms: tatay, papa, itay, (idiomatic) haligi ng tahanan, (slang) erpat, (gay slang) pudra, (obsolete) bapa
* (figurative) founder; organizer
    Synonym: tagapagtatag
* senior; older
* sire

##### Derived terms

* Ama Namin
* ama-amahan
* amama
* Amansinaya
* amang kahoy
* amang-kasal
* amang-kumpil
* amang-panguman
* amang-tanda
* Araw ng mga Ama
* Diyos Ama
* inaama
* mag-aama
* mag-ama
* mag-ama-amahan
* makaama
* pagkaama
* pinag-amahan
* ulila sa ama
* uten ng ama mo

##### Related terms

* A
* Ama

##### See also

* Pan

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ama.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔama/ [ˈʔaː.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: a‧ma

#### Noun

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)
* mistress; housewife
* governess; caretaker of children

### Etymology 3

From Chinese [Term?].

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔama/ [ˈʔaː.mɐ]
* Rhymes: -ama
* Syllabification: a‧ma

#### Adverb

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)
* rarely; seldom
    Synonyms: bihira, madalang, manaka-naka

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿媽 / 阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”). See also Hokkien 俺媽 / 俺妈 (án-má), Portuguese Templo de A-Má.

#### Alternative forms

* ahma, amma, amah

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ʔaˈma/ [ʔɐˈma]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: a‧ma

#### Noun

amá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ) (Chinese Filipino, colloquial)
* paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
    Synonym: lola
    Coordinate term: angkong
** 2006, Christine S. Bellen, “Trese”, in Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, editors, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction‎, UP Press, page 11:Mestisang Tsina naman si Nanay. Negosyante sina Ama at Angkong ko. Purong Tsino si Angkong. Lumikas mula sa Macao ang pamilya nila at dito sa Pilipinas nagtayo ng isang maliit na tindahan hanggang sa lumago ito at naging isang grocery.Mom is a Chinese mestiza. My grandmother and grandfather are businesspeople. Grandpa is a pure Chinese. Their family evacuated from Macau and it was here in the Philippines where they started a small store until it flourished and became a grocery.
* term of address for one's paternal grandmother
** 2006, Christine S. Bellen, “Trese”, in Carla M. Pacis, Eugene Y. Evasco, editors, Bagets: an anthology of Filipino young adult fiction‎, UP Press, page 11:Sa Pilipinas na napangasawa ni Angkong si Ama. Pilipina ang nanay ni Ama pero sila ang mas mahigpit sa mga pamahiing Tsino.It was in the Philippines already where Grandpa married Grandma. Grandma's mother is a Filipina but they are the ones who are stricter in Chinese superstitions.

### Anagrams

* aam

## Thao
### Noun

ama
* father
* paternal uncle

## Torres Strait Creole
### Noun

ama
* mother
* maternal aunt; one's mother's sister
* mother-in-law; one's spouse's mother

## Turkish
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɑ.mɑ]
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

#### Conjunction

ama
* but; however
    Synonyms: ancak, amma, lakin, velakin

##### Descendants

* → Ladino: ama

### Etymology 2

From am (“cunt, pussy”) +‎ -a (dative suffix).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [äˈmä]
* Hyphenation: a‧ma

#### Noun

ama
* dative singular of am

### See also

* amma
* âmâ

### Further reading

* “ama”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ama”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “ama”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

## Tzotzil
### Pronunciation

* (Zinacantán) IPA: /ˈʔämä/

### Noun

ama
* flute

### References

* “ˀama” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

## Uri
### Noun

ama
* water

### References

* Rachel Gray, Margaret Potter, Thom Retsema, Mungkip: an endangered language, SIL Electronic Survey Reports 35 (2009), page 25

## Wayuu
### Noun

ama
* horse

## Yale
### Noun

ama
* dog

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

### Noun

ama
* father