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a·mah
also a·ma (ä′mə, ä′mä)n.
A housemaid or children's nurse, especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
[Portuguese ama, nurse, from Medieval Latin amma, mother.]
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amah
(ˈɑːmə; ˈæmə)n
(in the East, esp formerly) a nurse or maidservant, esp one of Chinese origin. Compare ayah
[C19: from Portuguese ama nurse, wet nurse]
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a•mah
(ˈɑ mə, ˈæm ə)n.
(in the Far East) a female servant, esp. a nursemaid.
[1830–40; < Portuguese ama wet nurse < Medieval Latin amma]
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Noun 1. [画像:amah - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else]amah - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone else
2. [画像:amah - a female domestic]amah - a female domestic
chambermaid, fille de chambre - a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)
domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household
handmaid, handmaiden - a personal maid or female attendant
lady's maid - a maid who is a lady's personal attendant
parlormaid, parlourmaid - a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door
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Translations
أمَـةمُرَبِّيَة أطْفَال
kojnáslužebná
ammebarneplejerske
barnfóstraòjónustustúlka
tarnaitėžindyvė
kalponezīdītāja
dadı hizmetçi kız
amah
(ˈaːmə) noun1. in Eastern Countries, a native female servant. amah أمَـة прислужница criada služebná die eingeborene Dienerin amme ama, criada naisteenija دایه naispalvelija אמה, משרתת दाई služavka pembantu wanita þjónustustúlka donna di servizio あま 하녀 tarnaitė kalpone (Austrumu zemēs) amah kindermeisje służka, niania !!!removed!!! دایه criada горничная slúžka služavka คนใช้ผู้หญิง hizmetçi kız (印度或東亞國家的)女僕 ама گھریلو آیا hầu gái (地中海以东国家的)女仆
2. a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse. amah مُرَبِّيَة أطْفَال дойка ama kojná die Amme barneplejerske; amme niñera amm پرستار؛ دایه lastenhoitaja מְטָפֶּלֶת धाई dadilja penjaga bayi barnfóstra balia 乳母 유모 žindyvė zīdītāja pembantu rumah min mamka !!!removed!!! روزونکی، دایه ama няня dojka dojilja พี่เลี้ยง dadı 保姆 нянька آیا vú em 保姆
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