Ama
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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
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German emmer, ammer, amer, amber, from Old Saxon embar, from Proto-West Germanic *ambrī.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ama m (plural Amasch)
Tagalog
Etymology
See ama.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈma/
- 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
Proper noun
Ama
- Amay (a municipality of Belgium)