Ama
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"
English
Proper noun
Ama
- A language of Papua New Guinea.
- A Nilo-Saharan language of Sudan.
- A female given name.
Further reading
- Ethnologue entry for Ama, amm (Papuan)
- Ethnologue entry for Ama, nyi (Nilo-Saharan)
Anagrams
Pazeh
Proper noun
Ama
- (Kaxabu) a male given name
References
- Pan Yongli (潘永歷) (2015) “Ama”, in Kaxabu Muwalak Misa A Ahan Bizu (噶哈巫語分類辭典詞典) [Dictionary of Kaxabu][1] (in Chinese), Nantou: 南投縣埔里鎮守城社區發展協會, →ISBN, page 286
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German emmer, ammer, amer, amber, from Old Saxon embar, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ama/
Noun
Ama m (plural Amasch)
Tagalog
Etymology
See ama.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈma/ [ʔɐˈma]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: A‧ma
Proper noun
Amá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)
- (Christianity) Father (God, the father of Creation)
- (Christianity) ellipsis of Diyos Ama: God the Father
- sa ngalan ng Ama, ng Anak, at ng Espiritu Santo ― in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit
- (formal) Father (one's father)
See also
Walloon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ma/
Proper noun
Ama
- Amay (a municipality of Belgium)