amah

== English == === 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/ Rhymes: -ɑːmə === Noun === amah (plural amahs) (India) A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse. (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 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 A female domestic worker, a housemaid. == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.mah/ Rhymes: -mah Hyphenation: a‧mah === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Hokkien 阿媽 / 阿妈. ==== Noun ==== amah a (Chinese) woman who works as a housemaid === Etymology 2 === From Arabic عَامَّة (ʕāmma). ==== Noun ==== amah ordinary or most people === Etymology 3 === From Malay amah, from Arabic أَمَة (ʔama). ==== Noun ==== amah housemaid (a female domestic worker) === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== amah alternative form of amati (“paternal blood aunt”) === Further reading === “amah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Etymology === From Arabic أَمَة (ʔama). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /amah/ Rhymes: -mah, -ah === Noun === amah (Jawi spelling امه, plural amah-amah or amah2) maidservant, nursemaid, housemaid ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: amah === Further reading === "amah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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 he, she ==== References ==== Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip