amah

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Etymology

From Portuguese ama, from Medieval Latin amma, perhaps an alteration of mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.

Noun

amah (plural amahs)

1. A woman employed to look after children in India; a wet nurse.
2. A maid in China and other parts of Asia.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society 2010, p. 20:

     Then one day he disappeared and when Luke called apprehensively at his apartment the old amah told him that ‘Whisky Papa runrun London fastee.’

Alternative forms

• ama

See also

• amma

Anagrams

• AHAM