A maとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

A.M.A. (plural A.M.A.s)

1. Alternative form of AMA.

前置詞句

A.M.A.

1. Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”).

語源 1

From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.

名詞

ama (plural amas)

1. Alternative spelling of amah.
   • 1910, Mary F. Roulet, The Spaniard at Home, page 14:

     Not only does the baby have a jewel then, or some handsome gift, but his ama (nurse) is remembered with a bright gold doubloon (sixteen dollars).

   • 2007, Ondina E. González, Bianca Premo, Raising an Empire, page 143:

     Again as with Juan, shortly after the religious rite the children would be transferred to the care of wet nurses, or amas, who would take them into their individual homes.

   • 2013, Maria Aurora Couto, Filomena's Journey:

     It was rumoured that she had been his ama, the wet nurse who then became part of the family, taking charge so effectively that she ruled the household.

語源 2

From Japanese あま.

名詞

ama (plural amas)

1. A traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.

語源 3

From Polynesian.

名詞

ama (plural amas)

1. (nautical) The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.

語源 4

From Sanskrit अम (ama, “disease”).

名詞

ama (countable and uncountable, plural amas)

1. (Ayurveda) A toxic byproduct of improper or incomplete digestion.

語源 5

Unknown.

名詞

ama (plural amas)

1. Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.

語源 6

From Hokkien 阿媽 / 阿妈 (a-má, “paternal grandmother”). See also Hokkien 俺媽 / 俺妈 (án-má), Portuguese Templo de A-Má.

別の表記

• amah, ahma, amma

発音

• IPA: /ʔɐˈma/

名詞

ama (plural amas)

1. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
   • 2012, Andrew Drilon, “Two Women Worth Watching”, in Charles Tan, editor, Lauriat: A Filipino-Chinese Speculative Fiction Anthology‎, Maple Shade, New Jersey: Lethe Press, Inc., page 8:

     "Perhaps," her grandmother had said. She was nearing death at that point, Mia's ama. Her body was wracked with arthritis, rheumatism, Parkinson's, osteoporosis and more. The maids said she was crazy with pain, and perhaps too far gone to even think properly.

2. (Philippines, Chinese Filipino, colloquial) term of address for one's paternal grandmother
   • 2017, Ari C. Dy, “Introduction”, in Chinese Buddhism in Catholic Philippines: Syncretism as Identity‎, Anvil Publishing, Inc.:

     There would always be some food offerrings there, and every morning, Amma would burn some incense. More elaborate offerings were made on the anniversaries of his birth and death, and the Chinese festivals for the dead such as Qingming in April and the Hungry Ghosts on the seventh lunar month.

等位語

• (paternal male): angkong
• (maternal female): guama
• (maternal male): guakong

語源 7

Initialism.

前置詞句

ama

1. Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”).

アナグラム

• AAM, aam, maa

発音 1

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈa.ma]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈaː.ma]

名詞

ama f (genitive amae); first declension

1. alternative form of hama (“firebucket”)

語形変化

First-declension noun.

発音 2

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈa.maː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈaː.ma]

名詞

amā

1. ablative singular of ama
2. ablative/vocative singular of amās

語源 2

From amō.

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: [ˈa.maː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: [ˈaː.ma]

動詞

amā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of amō

参照

• “ăma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ăma”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 108/3.
• "2. AMA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• "3. AMA", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “ama” on page 112/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “ama”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 39/1