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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| amah |
| SYLLABICATION: | a·mah |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  ä m , ämä |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also a·ma |
| NOUN: | A housemaid, especially a wet nurse, in India and the Far East. |
| ETYMOLOGY: | Portuguese ama, nurse, from Medieval Latin amma, mother. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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