ama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

English

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.mə/
- Audio (UK) (file)
(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)

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 海女 (ama).

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 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”).

Alternative forms

amah, ahma, amma

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʔɐˈma/

Noun

ama (plural amas)

(Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
- 2012, Drilon, Andrew, “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, Dy, Ari C., “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

Anagrams

AAM, aam, maa

Afar

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʌˈmʌ/

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)

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

father

Albanian

Alternative forms

amo

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈama]

Conjunction

ama

but, however
Synonyms: megjithatë, mirëpo, por

Alladian

Noun

ama

village

References

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

Amis

Noun

ama

grandmother

References

2021, Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis (阿美語中部方言辭典) (in Mandarin Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples.

Asoa

Etymology

Compare Mangbetu àmà.

Pronoun

ama

we

Basque

Etymology

Nursery-word, attested since the 15th century.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ama/, [a.ma]
Audio (file)

Noun

ama anim

mother
origin

Declension

Declension of ama (animate, ending in -a)
	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	—	—

Derived terms

amabisaba
amabitxi
amagai
amaginarreba
ama-hizkuntza
amama
amaorde
amatasun

Bikol Central

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

amâ (feminine ina)

father
Synonyms: papa, tatay, papay

Bolinao

Noun

ama

father

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/

Etymology 1

From amma, from Medieval Latin amma, itself either from Ancient Greek ἄμμα (ámma), of imitative origin, or an alteration of mamma. Compare Spanish and Portuguese ama.

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

third-person singular present indicative form of amar
second-person singular imperative form of amar

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

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

Chayuco Mixtec

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

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 ہم‎ (ham), Punjabi ਅਸੀਂ (asī̃), Marathi आम्ही (āmhī), Konkani आमि, 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

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

ama

father

Eastern Huasteca Nahuatl

Adverb

ama

now

Esperanto

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.

Galician

Verb

ama

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈama̝/

Noun

ama f (plural amas)

mistress
wet nurse
housekeeper
- 1448, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), 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

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.

Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Garo

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

Noun

ama

rain

Hawaiian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/, [ˈɐmə]

Noun

ama

outrigger float

References

“ama” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Hoyahoya

Noun

ama

man

References

Philip Carr, Hoyahoya organised phonology data (2006)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

ama

(archaic) that, as in yon or yonder
Coordinate term: eme

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ama.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -aːma

Verb

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

to trouble

Conjugation

ama — active voice (germynd)

	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.

amast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

	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.

Derived terms

ama að (to be the matter with)
amast
amast við (to express one's annoyance at somebody)
Hvað amar að þér?
What is the trouble with you?

Ilocano

Noun

ama

father

Interlingua

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈa.ma/

Verb

ama

present of amar
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)

yoke
(in plural) hames

Declension

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ama m

genitive singular of am

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ama	n-ama	hama	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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

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

Japanese

Romanization

ama

Rōmaji transcription of あま

Jarai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama (classifier čô)

father

Kamayurá

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aˈma]

Noun

ama

mother

References

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

Kankanaey

Noun

ama

father

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

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
Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ladino

Etymology

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

Conjunction

ama

but
Synonyms: ma, pero

Latin

Etymology 1

See hama.

Pronunciation

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

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

Noun

ama f (genitive amae); first declension

Alternative spelling of hama

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ama	amae
Genitive	amae	amārum
Dative	amae	amīs
Accusative	amam	amās
Ablative	amā	amīs
Vocative	ama	amae

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]

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

Verb

amā

second-person singular present active imperative of amō

Laz

Conjunction

ama

Latin spelling of ამა (ama)

Limos Kalinga

Noun

amá

father

Lolopo

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʔa³³ma³³]

Noun

ama

(Yao'an) mother, mom

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

ama

father

Maguindanao

Noun

ama

father

Maltese

Etymology

From Italian amare.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈaː.ma/

Verb

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

to love, like

Conjugation

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

Related terms

amabbli

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

father

Maori

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.

Matal

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

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

Nias

Noun

ama (mutated form nama)

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

References

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

Nyimang

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)

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

to bother
to wound

Conjugation

Conjugation of ama — active (weak class 2)

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

Conjugation of ama — mediopassive (weak class 2)

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

Noun

ama f (genitive ǫmu, plural ǫmur)

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

paper

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɐ.mɐ/

Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐmɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃mɐ
Hyphenation: a‧ma

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese ama, from Medieval Latin amma, itself either from Ancient Greek ἄμμα (ámma), of imitative origin, or an alteration of mamma.

Noun

ama f (plural amas)

female nurse
female housekeeper
governess

Derived terms

ama-de-leite
ama-seca

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

Quechua

Adverb

ama

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

Derived terms

ama ñiy

Noun

ama

old ruin

Declension

declension of ama

	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

possessive forms of ama

ñuqap - first-person 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

qampa - second-person 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

paypa - third-person 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

ñuqanchikpa - first-person inclusive plural

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

ñuqaykup - first-person exclusive plural

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

qamkunap - second-person plural

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

paykunap - third-person plural

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

Rade

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /amaa/, [ʔəmaa]

Noun

ama

father

Rapa Nui

Etymology

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

Noun

ama

outrigger

Rukai

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Noun

ama

father
father's brother

Sakizaya

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *t-ama.

Noun

ama

father

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ama m

genitive singular of àm

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ama	n-ama	h-ama	t-ama
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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

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

Sicilian

Verb

ama

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

mother

Declension

Declension of ama (feminine)

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

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

or

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin amma, itself either from Ancient Greek ἄμμα (ámma), of imitative origin, or an alteration of mamma.

Noun

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

lady of the house
proprietress
landlady
housekeeper, head maid
nursemaid, nanny
wetnurse
mistress

Usage notes

The feminine noun ama is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed /a/ sound in that it takes the articles el and un (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective:

el ama

un ama

However, if an adjective, even one that begins with stressed /a/ such as alta or ancha, intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la or una.

Derived terms

ama de casa
ama de cría
ama de crianza
ama de llaves

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

Sumerian

Romanization

ama

Romanization of 𒂼 (ama)

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic أَم (ʾam).

Pronunciation

Audio (Kenya) (file)

Conjunction

ama

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

Hyphenation: a‧ma

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈma/, [ʔɐˈma]

Noun

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)

father
Synonyms: tatay, papa, itay, (idiomatic) haligi ng tahanan
(figurative) founder; organizer
Synonym: tagapagtatag
senior; older
sire

Derived terms

ama-amahan
amama
Ama Namin
amang kahoy
amang-kasal
amang-kumpil
amang-panguman
amang-tanda
Amansinaya
inaama
mag-aama
mag-ama
mag-ama-amahan
makaama
pagkaama
pinag-amahan
ulila sa ama

Etymology 2

From Spanish ama.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ma

IPA^(key): /ˈʔama/, [ˈʔa.mɐ]

Noun

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)

mistress; housewife
governess; caretaker of children

Etymology 3

From Chinese [Term?].

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ma

IPA^(key): /ˈʔama/, [ˈʔa.mɐ]

Adverb

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)

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

Etymology 4

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

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: a‧ma

IPA^(key): /ʔaˈma/, [ʔɐˈma]

Noun

ama (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)

(Chinese Filipino, colloquial) paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
Synonym: lola
Coordinate term: angkong
- 2006, Bellen, Christine S., “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.
(Chinese Filipino, colloquial) term of address for one's paternal grandmother
- 2006, Bellen, Christine S., “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.

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

father

Thao

Noun

ama

father
paternal uncle

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

ama

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

Turkish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈämä]
Hyphenation: a‧ma

Conjunction

ama

but; however

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

Tzotzil

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.

Uri

Noun

ama

water

References

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

Wayuu

Noun

ama

horse

Yale

Noun

ama

dog

Yami

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *amax.

Noun

ama

father

[1] Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ama”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

[2] ttp://listen.bible.is/MFHWYI/Matt/16#25

[3] 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

ama

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Noun

Translations

Etymology 4

Noun

Etymology 5

Noun

Translations

Etymology 6

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

Afar

Pronunciation

Determiner

See also

References

Aklanon

Etymology

Noun

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Conjunction

Alladian

Noun

References

Amis

Noun

References

Asoa

Etymology

Pronoun

Further reading

Basque

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Bikol Central

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Bolinao

Noun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Cebuano

Etymology

Noun

Chayuco Mixtec

Etymology

Adverb

Conjunction

References

Domari

Etymology

Pronoun

References

Eastern Bontoc

Noun