Ama

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ama"

English

Proper noun

Ama

1. A language of Papua New Guinea.
2. A Nilo-Saharan language of Sudan.
3. A female given name

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Ama, amm ⁠ (Papuan)
• Ethnologue entry for Ama, nyi ⁠ (Nilo-Saharan)

Anagrams

• AAM, aam, maa

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)

1. pail, bucket

Tagalog

Etymology

See ama.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈma/ [ʔɐˈma]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: A‧ma

Proper noun

Amá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ)

1. (Christianity) Father (God, the father of Creation)
2. (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

3. (formal) Father (one's father)

See also

• Ina
• Padre

 

Walloon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ma/

Proper noun

Ama

1. Amay (a municipality of Belgium)