ама

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamɐ]

• Audio:

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Conjunction

а́ма • (áma)

1. but

   Synonyms: но (no), обаче (obače)

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ene (“mother”). Compare анне (anne) and амӑшӗ (amăš̬ĕ), all three synonymous forms descending from the same Proto-Turkic root.

Noun

ама • (ama)

1. female
2. mother

Further reading

• “ама”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “ама”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 25

Adjective

ама • (ama)

1. usual, ordinary

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈama]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: а‧ма

Conjunction

а́ма • (áma)

1. but

   Synonym: но (no)

References

• “ама” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈämɐ]
• Hyphenation: а‧ма

Conjunction

а́ма • (áma)

1. Emphatic form of ма (ma)

References

• A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis with D. L. Demerdzhi, A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo, A. A. Shapurma, R. S. Kharabadot, and D. K. Patricha (2006) “а́ма”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN
• G. A. Animica, M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса‎, Donetsk, page 6

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ame, compare Evenki амин (amin), Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

Noun

ама (ama)

1. father

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /âma/
• Hyphenation: а‧ма

Conjunction

а̏ма (Latin spelling ȁma)

1. (regional) but [from 18th c.]

   Synonym: али

Interjection

ама (Latin spelling ama)

1. (regional) Used to express impatience.; ugh, blah

Etymology

From Proto-Yupik *amǝ-, from Proto-Eskimo *amǝ-.

Conjunction

ама (ama)

1. and
2. also

References

• G. A. Menovschikov (1964) Язык сиреникских эскимосов [The language of Sirenik Eskimos]‎, Академия Наук СССР, page 179
• Yupik etymological database

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with the Dolgan word above. Also compare Tuvan анаа (anaa, “normal, ordinary”).

Adjective

ама • (ama)

1. ordinary, plain, simple

   See synonyms at көннөрү (könnörü).

   ама киһи ― ama kihi ― an ordinary person

2. typical, usual

Particle

ама • (ama)

1. at the beginning of a sentence, expresses improbability or doubt