amá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

Ladino

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish ama.

Conjunction

amá (Latin spelling)

1. but

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Navajo

Pronunciation

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Noun

amá

1. mother
2. maternal aunt

Inflection

possessives of amá

	singular	duoplural	plural
1st person	shimá	nihimá	danihimá
2nd person	nimá	nihimá	danihimá
3rd person	bimá
4th person (3o)	yimá
4th person (3a)	hamá
Indefinite (3i)	amá

See also

• amáyázhí (“mother's sister”)
• abízhí (“paternal aunt or uncle”)
• amásání (“maternal grandmother”)

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Spanish

Etymology 1

See amar

Verb

amá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of amar

Etymology 2

Apheresis of mamá.

Noun

amá f (plural amás)

1. (Basque Country, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Venezuela) Aphetic form of mamá (“mom”)