ama

介词短语 名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɑː.mə/    美 /ˈɑː.mə/

英文释义

介词短语
  1. Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”). alt-of,alternative
名词 n.
  1. Alternative spelling of amah. alt-of,alternative
    — 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).
  2. A traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.
  3. The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.
  4. A toxic byproduct of improper or incomplete digestion. countable,uncountable
  5. Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.
  6. paternal grandmother; paternal grandma Philippines,colloquial
    — "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.
  7. term of address for one's paternal grandmother Philippines,colloquial
    — 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.

词形变化

amas plural amas plural amas plural amas plural amas plural amas plural amah alternative ahma alternative amma alternative

词源

词源 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.
词源 2
From Japanese あま.
词源 3
From Polynesian.
词源 4
From Sanskrit अम (ama, “disease”).
词源 5
Unknown.
词源 6
From Hokkien 阿媽 /阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”). See also Hokkien 俺媽 /俺妈 (án-má), Portuguese Templo de A-Má.
词源 7
Initialism.
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