amma

See also ämmä

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æmə

Etymology 1

Malayalam അമ്മ, Sinhalese අම්මා (“mother”), or Tamil அம்மா (“mother”).

Noun

amma (plural ammas)

1. mother

Usage notes

• Widely used in expat English speaking communities.

See also

• amah

Etymology 2

Late Latin amma, probably of interjectional or imitative origin: compare Spanish ama, German Amme, nurse, Basque ama mother, Hebrew, Arabic.

Noun

amma (plural ammas)

1. An abbess or spiritual mother.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• ma'am
• mama

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• (Revived Late Cornish) abma

Etymology

From amm (“kiss”).

Verb

amma

1. to kiss

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse amma.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈamːa/
• Rhymes: -amːa

Noun

amma f (genitive singular ömmu, plural ömmur)

1. grandmother, grandma, granny

Declension

declension of amma

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	amma	amman	ömmur	ömmurnar
accusative	ömmu	ömmuna	ömmur	ömmurnar
dative	ömmu	ömmunni	ömmum	ömmunum
genitive	ömmu	ömmunnar	amma	ammanna

Derived terms

• kalla ekki allt ömmu sína

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Old High German

Etymology

Infantile word.

Noun

amma f

1. wet nurse

Descendants

• German: Amme

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Old Norse

Noun

amma f

1. grandmother

Descendants

• Faroese: omma f
• Icelandic: amma f

Declension

    declension of amma

	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	amma	amman	ǫmmur	ǫmmurnar
Accusative	ǫmmu	ǫmmuna	ǫmmur	ǫmmurnar
Dative	ǫmmu	ǫmmunni	ǫmmum	ǫmmunum
Genitive	ǫmmu	ǫmmunnar	ammna	ammnanna

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Turkish

Adverb

amma

1. yet

See also

• ama
• âmâ