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Is amah a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word amah is a Scrabble US word. The word amah is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

A1M3A1H4

Is amah a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word amah is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

A1M3A1H4

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Yes. The word amah is a Words With Friends word. The word amah is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1M4A1H3

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4-letter words (2 found)

AMAH,MAHA,

3-letter words (5 found)

AAH,AHA,AMA,HAM,MAA,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AH,AM,HA,HM,MA,

You can make 13 words from amah according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of amah

amah maah aamh aamh maah amah amha maha ahma hama mhaa hmaa aahm aahm aham haam aham haam maha amha mhaa hmaa ahma hama

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word amah. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in amah.

Definitions and meaning of amah

amah

Alternative forms

  • ama

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amah (plural amahs)

  1. (India) A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
  2. (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia) A female domestic helper; a maid.

See also

  • amma

Anagrams

  • AHAM, Hama, MAHA, maha, mahā

Afar

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmah/, [ʔʌˈmʌh]
  • Hyphenation: a‧mah

Pronoun

amáh

  1. this, that (masculine; proximal to the spoken to)

Declension

See also

References

  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Brunei Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَة (ʔama).

Noun

amah

  1. A female domestic worker, a housemaid.

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay amah, from Classical Malay امه (amah), from Arabic أَمَة (ʔama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amah/

Noun

amah (first-person possessive amahku, second-person possessive amahmu, third-person possessive amahnya)

  1. female domestic helper.

Etymology 2

From Arabic عَامَّة (ʕāmma, “common people, public”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amah/

Noun

amah (first-person possessive amahku, second-person possessive amahmu, third-person possessive amahnya)

  1. common people

Malay

Etymology

From Arabic أَمَة (ʔama).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /amah/
  • Rhymes: -mah, -ah

Noun

amah (Jawi spelling امه, plural amah-amah, informal 1st possessive amahku, 2nd possessive amahmu, 3rd possessive amahnya)

  1. maidservant, nursemaid, housemaid

Descendants

  • Indonesian: amah

Further reading

  • “amah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tedim Chin

Etymology

The first part (a-) from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔa. Cognates include Zou ema.

Pronoun

amah

  1. he, she

References

  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

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