a·yah 
(äyə, āə, īə)
(äyə, āə, īə)n.
A housemaid or children's nurse in South Asia.
[Hindi āyā, from Portuguese aia, nursemaid, from Latin avia, grandmother; see awo- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
- leaved
- leave/let alone
- leaven
- leavening
- leave no stone unturned
- Leavenworth
- leave of absence
- leave off
- leaver
- leaves
- leave-taking
- leave the door open
- leave to leave twisting in the wind
- leave to (one's) own devices
- leave to one's own devices
- leave to own devices
- leave to twist/leave twisting in the wind
- leave to twist twisting in the wind
- leavings
- Leavitt
- Lebanese
- Lebanon
- Lebanon Mountains
- lebensraum
- lebkuchen