ama

See also Appendix:Variations of "ama"

English

Noun

Wikipedia ama (plural amas)

1. Alternative spelling of amah.
2. (nautical) The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.
3. Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.

Translations

amah — see amah

float

fabric

References

• Ama at the Phrontistery

Anagrams

• aam , AAM
• maa

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Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a´ma/

Etymology

Onomatopoetic nursery-word, attested since the 15th century.

Noun

ama

1. mother
2. origin

Declension

"ama" (animate noun) declension 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 innessive amarengan amarengan amengan allative amarengana amarengana amengana terminative amarenganaino amarenganaino amenganaino directive amarenganantz amarenganantz amenganantz destinative amarenganako amarenganako amenganako ablative amarengandik amarengandik amengandik partitive amarik - - prolative amatzat - -

Related terms

• amabisaba
• amabitxi
• amagai
• amaginarreba
• amama
• amaorde
• ama-hizkuntza

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Catalan

Verb

ama

1. Third-person singular present indicative form of amar.
2. Second-person singular imperative form of amar.

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Galician

Verb

ama

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

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Guaraní

Noun

ama

1. rain

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɒmɒ/
• Hyphenation: ama

Pronoun

ama

1. (archaic) that, as in yon or yonder

See also

• eme

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Icelandic

Verb

ama (amaði)

1. to trouble

Derived terms

• ama að (to be the matter with)

  Hvað amar að þér?

  What is the trouble with you?

• amast
• amast við (+dative; to express one's annoyance at somebody)

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈa.ma/

Verb

ama

1. present of amar
2. imperative of amar

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Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA: [ˈɑmˠə]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: [ˈamˠə]

Noun

ama m

1. genitive singular form of am

Mutation

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

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Italian

Verb

ama

1. Third-person singular indicative present of amare
2. second-person singular imperative of amare

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Japanese

Romanization

ama

1. See あま

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Latin

Verb

amā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of amō
   1. "love thou"
   2. "be thou fond of, like thou"
   3. "be thou under obligation to; be thou obliged to"

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Old Norse

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: am-a

Verb

ama

1. to bother

Noun

ama

1. a large amount, a ton

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Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Brazil): IPA: /ˈʌmə/
• (Portugal): IPA: /ˈamɐ/

Noun

ama f (plural amas)

1. female nurse
2. female housekeeper
3. governess

Derived terms

• ama-seca

Verb

ama

1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of amar.
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of amar.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ama m

1. Genitive of àm

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /âma/
• Hyphenation: a‧ma

Etymology

From Arabic amma.

Conjunction

ȁma (Cyrillic spelling а̏ма)

1. but [from 18th c.]

Synonyms

• (but): ali

Interjection

ama (Cyrillic spelling ама)

1. used to express impatience

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Sicilian

Verb

ama

1. third-person singular present active indicative of amari
2. third-person singular present active subjunctive of amari
3. second-person singular imperative of amari

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Spanish

Etymology

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

Noun

ama f (plural amas)

1. lady of the house
2. proprietress
3. landlady
4. housekeeper, head maid
5. nursemaid, nanny
6. wetnurse
7. mistress

Usage notes

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

el ama

However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

Related terms

• ama de casa
• amo
• dueña

Verb

ama (infinitive amar)

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of amar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of amar.

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian, compare Fijian tama.

Noun

ama

1. father

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Torres Strait Creole

Noun

ama

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

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Turkish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: [əmə]

Conjunction

ama

1. but; however

Noun

ama

1. dative singular form of am
2. second-person singular simple present possessive form of am
3. third-person plural simple present possessive form of am

Synonyms

• amları (3)

See also

• amma
• âmâ