ama

ama · noun¹

1. Medieval Latin · derived fromamma“wet nurse, amma”
2. Portuguese · borrowed fromama“female nurse”
3. English todayama

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

ama · noun²

1. Japanese · borrowed fromあま
2. English todayama

From Japanese あま.

ama · noun³

From Polynesian.

ama · noun⁴

1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromअम“disease”
2. English todayama

From Sanskrit अम (ama, “disease”).

ama · noun⁵

Unknown.

ama · noun⁶

1. Hokkien · borrowed from阿媽 /阿妈“paternal grandmother”
2. English todayama

From Hokkien 阿媽 /阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”). See also Hokkien 俺媽 /俺妈 (án-má), Portuguese Templo de A-Má.

ama · prepositional phrase⁷

Initialism.

Words from the same roots