amahとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈɑː.mə/
• (Singapore English) IPA: /ˈɑː.mɑ/
• 韻: -ɑːmə

名詞

amah (plural amahs)

1. (India) A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
2. (Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia) A female domestic helper; a maid.
   • 1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 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.’

参考

• amma

アナグラム

• AHAM, Hama, MAHA, maha, mahā