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ama

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

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

English Wikipedia has an article on:

ama

Wikipedia

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

amah — see amah

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

float

Maori: kōrewa

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

fabric

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^(key): /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

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aˈma/ [ʔʌˈmʌ]

Hyphenation: a‧ma

Determiner

amá

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

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)

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Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

ama

father

Alternative forms

amo

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈama]

Conjunction

ama

but, however
Synonyms: megjithatë, mirëpo, por

Noun

ama

village

References

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

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

Etymology

Compare Mangbetu àmà.

Pronoun

ama

we

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ama anim

Declension

More information indefinite, singular ...

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	ama	ama	amak
ergative	amak	amak	amek
dative	amari	amari	amei
genitive	amaren	amaren	amen
comitative	amarekin	amarekin	amekin
causative	amarengatik	amarengatik	amengatik
benefactive	amarentzat	amarentzat	amentzat
instrumental	amaz	amaz	amez
inessive	amarengan	amarengan	amengan
locative	—	—	—
allative	amarengana	amarengana	amengana
terminative	amarenganaino	amarenganaino	amenganaino
directive	amarenganantz	amarenganantz	amenganantz
destinative	amarenganako	amarenganako	amenganako
ablative	amarengandik	amarengandik	amengandik
partitive	amarik	—	—
prolative	amatzat	—	—

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Declension of ama (animate, ending in -a)

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”)

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amâ (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋ)

father
Synonyms: papa, tatay, papay

Noun

ama

father

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.mə]

IPA^(key): (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:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

ama

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

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

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

Noun

ama

father

Adverb

ama

now

Etymology

ami +‎ -a

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈama̝/

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ama (“mistress”), from Hispanic Late Latin amma, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *amma- (“mother”).^[1]

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 couçes
  Item, 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:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. 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

[1]
Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama—h.

Noun

ama

father

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 Wikipedia has an article on:

ama

Wikipedia ^gn

Etymology

Cognate with Old Tupi amana.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ãˈmã]
Rhymes: -ã
Hyphenation: a‧ma

Noun

ama

rain

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ā.mà/
Audio: (file)

Noun

amà (plural amà lẹ)

leaf

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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

Noun

ama

man

References

Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [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

Etymology

From Old Norse ama.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aːma

Verb

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

to trouble

Conjugation

More information infinitive (nafnháttur), supine (sagnbót) ...

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ama
supine (sagnbót)		amað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		amandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég ama	við ömum	present (nútíð)	ég ami	við ömum
	þú amar	þið amið		þú amir	þið amið
	hann, hún, það amar	þeir, þær, þau ama		hann, hún, það ami	þeir, þær, þau ami

past (þátíð)	ég amaði	við ömuðum	past (þátíð)	ég amaði	við ömuðum
	þú amaðir	þið ömuðuð		þú amaðir	þið ömuðuð
	hann, hún, það amaði	þeir, þær, þau ömuðu		hann, hún, það amaði	þeir, þær, þau ömuðu

imperative (boðháttur)	ama (þú)	amið (þið)
	amaðu	amiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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ama — active voice (germynd)

More information infinitive (nafnháttur), supine (sagnbót) ...

	Forms with appended personal pronoun
infinitive (nafnháttur)		að amast
supine (sagnbót)		amast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		amandist the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég amast	við ömumst	present (nútíð)	ég amist	við ömumst
	þú amast	þið amist		þú amist	þið amist
	hann, hún, það amast	þeir, þær, þau amast		hann, hún, það amist	þeir, þær, þau amist

past (þátíð)	ég amaðist	við ömuðumst	past (þátíð)	ég amaðist	við ömuðumst
	þú amaðist	þið ömuðust		þú amaðist	þið ömuðust
	hann, hún, það amaðist	þeir, þær, þau ömuðust		hann, hún, það amaðist	þeir, þær, þau ömuðust

imperative (boðháttur)	amast (þú)	amist (þið)
	amastu	amisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

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amast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

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?

Noun

ama

father

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/

Verb

ama

present of amar
imperative of amar

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): [ˈɑmˠə]
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [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

More information bare forms, case ...

Declension of ama (fourth 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

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Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ama m

genitive singular of am

Mutation

More information radical, eclipsis ...

Mutated forms of *ama*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ama	n-ama	hama	not applicable

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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
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References

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/
Rhymes: -ama
Hyphenation: à‧ma

Verb

ama

inflection of amare:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Romanization

ama

Rōmaji transcription of あま

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

ama (classifier čô)

father

Romanization

ama

Romanization of ꦲꦩ

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aˈma]

Noun

ama

mother

References

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ama

father

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

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ),^[1] from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

Pronunciation

Audio (Spain): (file)

Conjunction

ama (Latin spelling, 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 (Latin spelling, 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

[1]
“ama”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

Etymology 1

See hama.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/, [ˈämä]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/, [ˈäːmä]

Noun

ama f (genitive amae); first declension

Alternative spelling of hama

Declension

First-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	ama	amae
genitive	amae	amārum
dative	amae	amīs
accusative	amam	amās
ablative	amā	amīs
vocative	ama	amae

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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^(key): /ˈa.maː/, [ˈämäː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/, [ˈäːmä]

Verb

amā

second-person singular present active imperative of amō

Conjunction

ama

Latin spelling of ამა (ama)

Noun

amá

father

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʔa³³ma³³]

Noun

ama

(Yao'an) mother, mom

Noun

ama

father

Noun

ama

father

Etymology

From Italian amare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ma/

Verb

ama (imperfect jama, past participle amat, verbal noun amar)

to love, like

Conjugation

More information singular, plural ...

Conjugation of *ama*
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
perfect	m	amajt	amajt	ama	amajna	amajtu	amaw
perfect	f	amajt	amajt	amat	amajna	amajtu	amaw
imperfect	m	nama	tama	jama	namaw	tamaw	jamaw
imperfect	f	nama	tama	tama	namaw	tamaw	jamaw
imperative			ama			amaw

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Related terms

amabbli

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

ama

father

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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.

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)^[1]
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

[1]
http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#25

Noun

ama (mutated form nama)

father
amagu ― my father

amada ― our (and also your) father^[1]

References

[1]
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

Noun

ama

(Weyo) bowstring

References

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

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)

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

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

More information infinitive, present participle ...

indicative	present	past
infinitive	ama
present participle	amandi
past participle	amaðr
1st-person singular	ama	amaða
2nd-person singular	amar	amaðir
3rd-person singular	amar	amaði
1st-person plural	ǫmum	ǫmuðum
2nd-person plural	amið	ǫmuðuð
3rd-person plural	ama	ǫmuðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ama	amaða
2nd-person singular	amir	amaðir
3rd-person singular	ami	amaði
1st-person plural	amim	amaðim
2nd-person plural	amið	amaðið
3rd-person plural	ami	amaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	ama
1st-person plural	ǫmum
2nd-person plural	amið

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Conjugation of ama — active (weak class 2)

More information infinitive, present participle ...

indicative	present	past
infinitive	amask
present participle	amandisk
past participle	amazk
1st-person singular	ǫmumk	ǫmuðumk
2nd-person singular	amask	amaðisk
3rd-person singular	amask	amaðisk
1st-person plural	ǫmumsk	ǫmuðumsk
2nd-person plural	amizk	ǫmuðuzk
3rd-person plural	amask	ǫmuðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ǫmumk	ǫmuðumk
2nd-person singular	amisk	amaðisk
3rd-person singular	amisk	amaðisk
1st-person plural	amimsk	amaðimsk
2nd-person plural	amizk	amaðizk
3rd-person plural	amisk	amaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	amask
1st-person plural	ǫmumsk
2nd-person plural	amizk

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Conjugation of ama — mediopassive (weak class 2)

Noun

ama f (genitive ǫmu, plural ǫmur)

a large amount, a ton

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

Noun

ama

paper

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ̃.mɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.ma/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ama

inflection of amar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Adverb

ama

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

Derived terms

ama ñiy

Noun

ama

old ruin

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

	singular	plural
nominative	ama	amakuna
accusative	amata	amakunata
dative	amaman	amakunaman
genitive	amap	amakunap
locative	amapi	amakunapi
terminative	amakama	amakunakama
ablative	amamanta	amakunamanta
instrumental	amawan	amakunawan
comitative	amantin	amakunantin
abessive	amannaq	amakunannaq
comparative	amahina	amakunahina
causative	amarayku	amakunarayku
benefactive	amapaq	amakunapaq
associative	amapura	amakunapura
distributive	amanka	amakunanka
exclusive	amalla	amakunalla

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declension of ama

More information ñuqap (my), singular ...

ñuqap (my)	singular	plural
nominative	amay	amaykuna
accusative	amayta	amaykunata
dative	amayman	amaykunaman
genitive	amaypa	amaykunap
locative	amaypi	amaykunapi
terminative	amaykama	amaykunakama
ablative	amaymanta	amaykunamanta
instrumental	amaywan	amaykunawan
comitative	amaynintin	amaykunantin
abessive	amayninnaq	amaykunannaq
comparative	amayhina	amaykunahina
causative	amayrayku	amaykunarayku
benefactive	amaypaq	amaykunapaq
associative	amaypura	amaykunapura
distributive	amayninka	amaykunanka
exclusive	amaylla	amaykunalla

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More information qampa (your), singular ...

qampa (your)	singular	plural
nominative	amayki	amaykikuna
accusative	amaykita	amaykikunata
dative	amaykiman	amaykikunaman
genitive	amaykipa	amaykikunap
locative	amaykipi	amaykikunapi
terminative	amaykikama	amaykikunakama
ablative	amaykimanta	amaykikunamanta
instrumental	amaykiwan	amaykikunawan
comitative	amaykintin	amaykikunantin
abessive	amaykinnaq	amaykikunannaq
comparative	amaykihina	amaykikunahina
causative	amaykirayku	amaykikunarayku
benefactive	amaykipaq	amaykikunapaq
associative	amaykipura	amaykikunapura
distributive	amaykinka	amaykikunanka
exclusive	amaykilla	amaykikunalla

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More information paypa (his/her/its), singular ...

paypa (his/her/its)	singular	plural
nominative	aman	amankuna
accusative	amanta	amankunata
dative	amanman	amankunaman
genitive	amanpa	amankunap
locative	amanpi	amankunapi
terminative	amankama	amankunakama
ablative	amanmanta	amankunamanta
instrumental	amanwan	amankunawan
comitative	amanintin	amankunantin
abessive	amanninnaq	amankunannaq
comparative	amanhina	amankunahina
causative	amanrayku	amankunarayku
benefactive	amanpaq	amankunapaq
associative	amanpura	amankunapura
distributive	amaninka	amankunanka
exclusive	amanlla	amankunalla

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More information ñuqanchikpa (our(incl)), singular ...

ñuqanchikpa (our(incl))	singular	plural
nominative	amanchik	amanchikkuna
accusative	amanchikta	amanchikkunata
dative	amanchikman	amanchikkunaman
genitive	amanchikpa	amanchikkunap
locative	amanchikpi	amanchikkunapi
terminative	amanchikkama	amanchikkunakama
ablative	amanchikmanta	amanchikkunamanta
instrumental	amanchikwan	amanchikkunawan
comitative	amanchiknintin	amanchikkunantin
abessive	amanchikninnaq	amanchikkunannaq
comparative	amanchikhina	amanchikkunahina
causative	amanchikrayku	amanchikkunarayku
benefactive	amanchikpaq	amanchikkunapaq
associative	amanchikpura	amanchikkunapura
distributive	amanchikninka	amanchikkunanka
exclusive	amanchiklla	amanchikkunalla

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More information ñuqaykup (our(excl)), singular ...

ñuqaykup (our(excl))	singular	plural
nominative	amayku	amaykukuna
accusative	amaykuta	amaykukunata
dative	amaykuman	amaykukunaman
genitive	amaykupa	amaykukunap
locative	amaykupi	amaykukunapi
terminative	amaykukama	amaykukunakama
ablative	amaykumanta	amaykukunamanta
instrumental	amaykuwan	amaykukunawan
comitative	amaykuntin	amaykukunantin
abessive	amaykunnaq	amaykukunannaq
comparative	amaykuhina	amaykukunahina
causative	amaykurayku	amaykukunarayku
benefactive	amaykupaq	amaykukunapaq
associative	amaykupura	amaykukunapura
distributive	amaykunka	amaykukunanka
exclusive	amaykulla	amaykukunalla

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More information qamkunap (your(pl)), singular ...

qamkunap (your(pl))	singular	plural
nominative	amaykichik	amaykichikkuna
accusative	amaykichikta	amaykichikkunata
dative	amaykichikman	amaykichikkunaman
genitive	amaykichikpa	amaykichikkunap
locative	amaykichikpi	amaykichikkunapi
terminative	amaykichikkama	amaykichikkunakama
ablative	amaykichikmanta	amaykichikkunamanta
instrumental	amaykichikwan	amaykichikkunawan
comitative	amaykichiknintin	amaykichikkunantin
abessive	amaykichikninnaq	amaykichikkunannaq
comparative	amaykichikhina	amaykichikkunahina
causative	amaykichikrayku	amaykichikkunarayku
benefactive	amaykichikpaq	amaykichikkunapaq
associative	amaykichikpura	amaykichikkunapura
distributive	amaykichikninka	amaykichikkunanka
exclusive	amaykichiklla	amaykichikkunalla

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More information paykunap (their), singular ...

paykunap (their)	singular	plural
nominative	amanku	amankukuna
accusative	amankuta	amankukunata
dative	amankuman	amankukunaman
genitive	amankupa	amankukunap
locative	amankupi	amankukunapi
terminative	amankukama	amankukunakama
ablative	amankumanta	amankukunamanta
instrumental	amankuwan	amankukunawan
comitative	amankuntin	amankukunantin
abessive	amankunnaq	amankukunannaq
comparative	amankuhina	amankukunahina
causative	amankurayku	amankukunarayku
benefactive	amankupaq	amankukunapaq
associative	amankupura	amankukunapura
distributive	amankunka	amankukunanka
exclusive	amankulla	amankukunalla

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possessive forms of ama

ñuqap - first-person singular

qampa - second-person singular

paypa - third-person singular

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

qamkunap - second-person plural

paykunap - third-person plural

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amaa/, [ʔəmaa]

Noun

ama

a father

Etymology

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

Noun

ama

outrigger

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Noun

ama

father
father's brother

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.ˈma/, [a.ˈma]

Noun

ama

father

Noun

ama m

genitive singular of àm

Mutation

More information radical, eclipsis ...

Mutation of *ama*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ama	n-ama	h-ama	t-ama

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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

Verb

ama

inflection of amari:
1. third-person singular present active indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈama/
Hyphenation: a‧ma

Noun

ama f (plural amuwa f)

mother

Declension

More information unmodified, modified ...

	unmodified	modified
predicative	ama
nominative	ama	ama
genitive	amate^*)	ama^*)
dative	amate	amara
accusative	ama^*)
ablative	amatenni	amanni
^*) Stressed on the final vowel.

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Declension of ama (feminine)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from German Amme.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/
Rhymes: -ama
Syllabification: a‧ma

Noun

ama f

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

Conjunction

ama

or

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /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)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ama

inflection of amar:
1. third-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Romanization

ama

Romanization of 𒂼 (ama)

Etymology

From Arabic أَم (ʔam).

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya): (file)

Conjunction

ama

or
Synonym: au

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^(key): /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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ama.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /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^(key): /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^(key): /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

Noun

ama

Noun

ama

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

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [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^(key): [äˈmä]
Hyphenation: a‧ma

Noun

ama

dative singular of am

Pronunciation

(Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /ˈʔämä/

Noun

ama

flute

References

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

Noun

ama

water

References

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

Noun

ama

horse

Noun

ama

dog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *ama-h.

Noun

ama

father

[1] [1]
Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[Folkmasa-2] [1]
“ama”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

[3] [1]
http://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#25

[4] [1]
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

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	masculine	feminine
proximal	á	tá
medial	amá	tamá
distal	wóo	tóo
very distal	wótti

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