Ama

Quick meaning: Ama is a noun meaning A traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.

Meaning

A traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.

More Meanings

1. (nautical) The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.
2. (Ayurveda) A toxic byproduct of improper or incomplete digestion.
3. Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.
4. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
5. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) term of address for one's paternal grandmother
6. Alternative spelling of amah.
7. Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”).

Example Sentences

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).

It was rumoured that she had been his ama, the wet nurse who then became part of the family, taking charge so effectively that she ruled the household.

Again as with Juan, shortly after the religious rite the children would be transferred to the care of wet nurses, or amas, who would take them into their individual homes.

"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.

Word Forms

• amas
• amah

Related Words

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