ama

Meaning

1. Alternative spelling of amah.
2. A traditional Japanese pearl diver, usually female, who mainly dives for seafood, typically without any tool for breathing.
3. The float on the outrigger of a proa or trimaran.
4. A toxic byproduct of improper or incomplete digestion.
5. Fabric made from the hair of a camel or goat.
6. paternal grandmother; paternal grandma
7. term of address for one's paternal grandmother
8. Alternative form of AMA (“against medical advice”).
9. Initialism of American Medical Association.
10. Initialism of Alberta Motor Association.
11. Initialism of Australian Medical Association.
12. Initialism of American Motorcyclist Association.
13. Initialism of ask me anything: usually attached to the end of a prompt in an “ask me anything” interview session.
14. Initialism of ask me anything.
15. Initialism of against medical advice.
16. A language of Papua New Guinea.
17. A Nilo-Saharan language of Sudan.
18. A female given name.

Etymology / origin

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

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