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3-letter words (2 found)

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Definitions and meaning of ama

ama

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑː.mə/
  • (Singapore English) IPA(key): /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)

  1. Alternative spelling of amah
Translations

Etymology 2

From Japanese あま.

Noun

ama (plural amas)

  1. A traditional Japanese pearl diver, typically female.

Etymology 3

From Polynesian.

Noun

ama (plural amas)

  1. (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)

  1. (Ayurveda) A toxic byproduct of improper or incomplete digestion.

Etymology 5

Unknown.

Noun

ama (plural amas)

  1. Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.
Translations

Etymology 6

From Hokkien 阿媽／阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”).

Alternative forms

  • amah, ahma, amma

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔɐˈma/

Noun

ama (plural amas)

  1. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
  2. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) term of address for one's paternal grandmother
Coordinate terms
  • (paternal male): angkong
  • (maternal female): guama
  • (maternal male): guakong

Anagrams

  • AAM, aam, maa

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈma/, [ʔʌˈmʌ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma

Determiner

amá

  1. 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)‎[3], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

  1. father

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • amo

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈama]

Conjunction

ama

  1. but, however
    Synonyms: megjithatë, mirëpo, por

Alladian

Noun

ama

  1. village

References

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

Amis

Noun

ama

  1. grandmother

References

  • “Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[4] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Asoa

Etymology

Compare Mangbetu àmà.

Pronoun

ama

  1. we

Further reading

  • Asoa Swadesh List

Basque

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ama anim

  1. mother
  2. origin

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • "ama" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
  • “ama” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], euskaltzaindia.eus

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈmaʔ/, [ʔaˈmaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma

Noun

amâ (Basahan spelling ᜀᜋ)

  1. father
    Synonyms: papa, tatay, papay

Bolinao

Noun

ama

  1. father

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.mə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈa.ma]

Etymology 1

From Late Latin amma, q.v.

Noun

ama f (plural ames)

  1. wet nurse
    Synonym: dida
  2. mistress
    Synonym: mestressa
Derived terms
  • amo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ama

  1. inflection of amar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. 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 *amax.

Noun

ama

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

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

From Proto-Mixtec *awą.

Adverb

ama

  1. (interrogative) when

Conjunction

ama

  1. when

References

  • Pensinger, Brenda J. (1974) Diccionario mixteco-español, español-mixteco (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 18)‎[5] (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)

  1. I; first-person singular pronoun

References

  • Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)‎[6], Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

ama

  1. father

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

ama

  1. now

Esperanto

Etymology

ami +‎ -a

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈama]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma

Adjective

ama (accusative singular aman, plural amaj, accusative plural amajn)

  1. loving, with love, relating to or characterized by love
    • (Can we date this quote?), Heinrich August Luyken, Stranga Heredaĵo, Ĉapitro 3,

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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)

  1. mistress
  2. wet nurse
  3. housekeeper

Etymology 2

Verb

ama

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

References

  • “ama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ama” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “ama” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ama” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ama” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Galoli

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

  1. father

Garo

Etymology

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

Noun

ama

  1. mother

Synonyms

  • ma·gipa

References

  • Burling, R. (2003) The Language of the Modhupur Mandi (Garo) Vol. II: The Lexicon‎[7], Bangladesh: University of Michigan, page 375

Guaraní

Noun

ama

  1. rain

Gun

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ā.mà/

Noun

amà (plural amà lẹ)

  1. leaf

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ma/, [ˈɐ.mə]

Noun

ama

  1. outrigger float

References

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

Hoyahoya

Noun

ama

  1. man

References

  • Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmɒ]
  • Hyphenation: ama
  • Rhymes: -mɒ

Determiner

ama

  1. (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)

  1. to trouble

Conjugation

Derived terms

Ilocano

Noun

ama

  1. father

Interlingua

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ma/

Verb

ama

  1. present of amar
  2. imperative of amar

Irish

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)

  1. yoke
  2. (in the plural) hames
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ama m

  1. genitive singular of am

Mutation

References

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

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

ama

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

Japanese

Romanization

ama

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あま

Jarai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama (classifier čô)

  1. father

Kamayurá

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [aˈma]

Noun

ama

  1. mother

References

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

Kankanaey

Noun

ama

  1. father

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

  1. 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 (2010–) “*amax”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ladino

Etymology

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

Conjunction

ama

  1. but
    Synonyms: ma, pero

Latin

Etymology 1

See hama.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ama f (genitive amae); first declension

  1. 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) IPA(key): /ˈa.maː/, [ˈämäː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.ma/, [ˈäːmä]

Verb

amā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of amō

Laz

Conjunction

ama

  1. Latin spelling of ამა (ama)

Limos Kalinga

Noun

amá

  1. father

Lolopo

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔa³³ma³³]

Noun

ama

  1. (Yao'an) mother, mom

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

ama

  1. father

Maguindanao

Noun

ama

  1. father

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian amare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.ma/

Verb

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

  1. to love, like

Conjugation

Related terms

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

  1. father

Maori

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ma/, [ɐ.mɐ]

Noun

ama

  1. outrigger (of a canoe)
  2. 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

  1. but

References

Nias

Noun

ama (mutated form nama)

  1. father
    amagu ― my father
    amada ― our (and also your) father

References

Nyimang

Noun

ámá

  1. human beings, people
  2. 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 Norse

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: am‧a

Verb

ama

  1. to bother
  2. to wound

Conjugation

Noun

ama f (genitive ǫmu, plural ǫmur)

  1. a large amount, a ton

References

  • ama in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Ometepec Nahuatl

Noun

ama

  1. paper

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • 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)

  1. female nurse
  2. female housekeeper
  3. governess
Derived terms
  • ama-de-leite
  • ama-seca

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ama

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

Quechua

Adverb

ama

  1. (imperative) do not, used with -chu

Derived terms

  • ama ñiy

See also

  • mana

Noun

ama

  1. old ruin

Declension

Rade

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amaa/, [ʔəmaa]

Noun

ama

  1. a father

Rapa Nui

Etymology

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

Noun

ama

  1. outrigger

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Noun

ama

  1. father
  2. father's brother

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈma/, [a.ˈma]

Noun

ama

  1. father

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ama m

  1. genitive singular of àm

Mutation

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /âma/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma

Conjunction

ȁma (Cyrillic spelling а̏ма)

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

Synonyms

  • (but): ali

Interjection

ama (Cyrillic spelling ама)

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

Sicilian

Verb

ama

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

Sidamo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈama/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma

Noun

ama f (plural amuwa f)

  1. 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

Somali

Conjunction

ama

  1. or

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈama/ [ˈa.ma]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: a‧ma

Etymology 1

From Late Latin amma, q.v.

Noun

ama f (plural amas, masculine amo, masculine plural amos)

  1. lady of the house
  2. proprietress
  3. landlady
  4. housekeeper, head maid
  5. nursemaid, nanny
  6. wetnurse
  7. mistress
Usage notes
  • Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.
    el ama, un ama
  • They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ama

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

Further reading

  • “amo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sumerian

Romanization

ama

  1. Romanization of 𒂼 (ama)

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic أَم (ʔam).

Pronunciation

Conjunction

ama

  1. or
    Synonym: au

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *amax. 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)

  1. (formal, literary) father
    Synonyms: tatay, papa, itay, (idiomatic) haligi ng tahanan
  2. (figurative) founder; organizer
    Synonym: tagapagtatag
  3. senior; older
  4. sire
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish ama.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔama/, [ˈʔa.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: a‧ma

Noun

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)

  1. mistress; housewife
  2. governess; caretaker of children

Etymology 3

From Chinese [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔama/, [ˈʔa.mɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ama
  • Syllabification: a‧ma

Adverb

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)

  1. rarely; seldom
    Synonyms: bihira, madalang, manaka-naka

Etymology 4

From Hokkien 阿媽／阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”).

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)

  1. paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
    Synonym: lola
    Coordinate term: angkong
  2. term of address for one's paternal grandmother

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

  1. father

Thao

Noun

ama

  1. father
  2. paternal uncle

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

ama

  1. mother
  2. maternal aunt; one's mother's sister
  3. mother-in-law; one's spouse's mother

Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɑ.mɑ]
  • Hyphenation: a‧ma

Conjunction

ama

  1. 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

  1. 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(key): /ˈʔämä/

Noun

ama

  1. flute

References

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

Uri

Noun

ama

  1. water

References

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

Wayuu

Noun

ama

  1. horse

Yale

Noun

ama

  1. dog

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

  1. father

Source: wiktionary.org