amah

a·mah

also a·ma A0238200 (ä′mə, ä′mä)n. A housemaid or children's nurse, especially in East Asia and Southeast Asia.

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[Portuguese ama, nurse, from Medieval Latin amma, mother.]

amah

(ˈɑːmə; ˈæmə) n(in the East, esp formerly) a nurse or maidservant, esp one of Chinese origin. Compare ayah[C19: from Portuguese ama nurse, wet nurse]

a•mah

(ˈɑ mə, ˈæm ə)

n. (in the Far East) a female servant, esp. a nursemaid. [1830–40; < Portuguese ama wet nurse < Medieval Latin amma]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	amah - a woman hired to suckle a child of someone elsewet nurse, wetnurse, wet-nursenanny, nursemaid, nurse - a woman who is the custodian of children
	2.	amah - a female domestic housemaid, maid, maidservantchambermaid, fille de chambre - a maid who is employed to clean and care for bedrooms (now primarily in hotels)domestic, domestic help, house servant - a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the householdhandmaid, handmaiden - a personal maid or female attendantlady's maid - a maid who is a lady's personal attendantparlormaid, parlourmaid - a maid in a private home whose duties are to care for the parlor and the table and to answer the door

Translations

保姆女仆

amah

(ˈaːmə) noun1. in Eastern Countries, a native female servant. (印度或東亞國家的)女僕 （地中海以东国家的）女仆 2. a baby's nurse, especially a wet-nurse. 保姆 保姆