amahn.

Brit.

/ˈɑːmə/, U.S.

/ˈɑmə/,

/ˈɑˌmɑ/

Inflections: amahs, unchanged.

Forms: 1800s ama, 1800s– amah.

Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese ama.

Etymology: < Portuguese ama nurse (10th cent.) < post-classical Latin amma (see amma n.²). Compare earlier ayah n.

In parts of South Asia and the Far East: a wet nurse; a nanny; a female house servant.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant > wet nurse

nursea1325

suck-giver1551

milkdame1582

nurse-girl1596

wet nursea1627

suck-nurse1652

dai1782

grass-nurse1797

amah1832

1832 E. B. E. Smith E. India Sketch-bk. I. 134 The Ayah and the Amah quarrelling from morning till this present time of writing.

1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan viii. 179 Either maid-servants or women of Macao called Amahs or Ayahs were employed.

1920 Daily Mail 28 Oct. 6/4 He sings his Chinese song, to the huge delight of..the amah.

1964 G. Stuart Kind-hearted Tiger i. 22 The amah came in to collect my clothes and give me hell for messing up her floor.

2005 D. Herlocher 200 Years of Dolls 136 Amah are also found without babies.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	amah
释义	amahn. Brit. /ˈɑːmə/, U.S. /ˈɑmə/, /ˈɑˌmɑ/ Inflections: amahs, unchanged. Forms: 1800s ama, 1800s– amah. Origin: A borrowing from Portuguese. Etymon: Portuguese ama. Etymology: < Portuguese ama nurse (10th cent.) < post-classical Latin amma (see amma n.²). Compare earlier ayah n. In parts of South Asia and the Far East: a wet nurse; a nanny; a female house servant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > feeding > feeding offspring > suckling infant > wet nurse nursea1325 suck-giver1551 milkdame1582 nurse-girl1596 wet nursea1627 suck-nurse1652 dai1782 grass-nurse1797 amah1832 1832 E. B. E. Smith E. India Sketch-bk. I. 134 The Ayah and the Amah quarrelling from morning till this present time of writing. 1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan viii. 179 Either maid-servants or women of Macao called Amahs or Ayahs were employed. 1920 Daily Mail 28 Oct. 6/4 He sings his Chinese song, to the huge delight of..the amah. 1964 G. Stuart Kind-hearted Tiger i. 22 The amah came in to collect my clothes and give me hell for messing up her floor. 2005 D. Herlocher 200 Years of Dolls 136 Amah are also found without babies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1832
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