ама

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Bulgarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈamɐ]
  • (file)

Conjunction[edit]

а́ма (áma)

  1. but
    Synonyms: но (no), обаче (obače)

Chuvash[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Turkic eme.

Noun[edit]

ама (ama)

  1. female

Dolgan[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ама (ama)

  1. usual, ordinary

Macedonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اما (ammâ), from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈama]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: а‧ма

Conjunction[edit]

а́ма (áma)

  1. but
    Synonym: но (no)

References[edit]

  • ама” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

Mariupol Greek[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈämɐ]
  • Hyphenation: а‧ма

Conjunction[edit]

а́ма (áma)

  1. Emphatic form of ма (ma)

References[edit]

  • A. A. Diamantopulo-Rionis; D. L. Demerdzhi; A. M. Davydova-Diamantopulo; A. A. Shapurma; R. S. Kharabadot; D. K. Patricha (2006), “а́ма”, in Румейско-русский и русско-румейский словарь пяти диалектов греков Приазовья, Mariupol, →ISBN
  • G. A. Animica; M. P. Galikbarova (2013) Румеку глоса[1], Donetsk, page 6

Nanai[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Tungusic *ame, compare Evenki амин (amin), Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama).

Noun[edit]

ама (ama)

  1. father

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /âma/
  • Hyphenation: а‧ма

Conjunction[edit]

а̏ма (Latin spelling ȁma)

  1. (regional) but [from 18th c.]
    Synonym: али

Interjection[edit]

ама (Latin spelling ama)

  1. (regional) Used to express impatience.; ugh, blah

Yakut[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Cognate with the Dolgan word above. Also compare Tuvan анаа (anaa, normal, ordinary).

Adjective[edit]

ама (ama)

  1. ordinary, plain, simple
    See synonyms at көннөрү (könnörü).
    ама киһиama kihian ordinary person
  2. typical, usual

Particle[edit]

ама (ama)

  1. at the beginning of a sentence, expresses improbability or doubt