Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the Greek and Syriac churches, an abbess or spiritual mother.
  • noun A girdle or truss used in ruptures.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun An abbes or spiritual mother.

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  • noun mother
  • noun An abbess or spiritual mother.

Etymologies

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Late Latin amma, probably of interjectional or imitative origin: compare Spanish ama, German Amme, nurse, Basque ama mother, Hebrew, Arabic.

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Malayalam അമ്മ, Sinhalese අම්මා ("mother"), or Tamil அம்மா ("mother").

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Examples

  • It is also called by the Greek word amma (nurse) because it loves (amando) infants and is said to offer milk to the newborn.

    Archive 2008-04-01 2008

  • It is also called by the Greek word amma (nurse) because it loves (amando) infants and is said to offer milk to the newborn.

    WMAM on a Tuesday. 2008

  • She will be missed by many. ~ in amma's love, kasturi

    We Are Remembered For What We Teach Alice Walker Blog Administrator 2009

  • In his book Radical Healing: Integrating the World’s Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine, Dr. Rudolph Ballentine described how a plaque called amma becomes lodged in the subcutaneous layers of the skin.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • In his book Radical Healing: Integrating the World’s Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine, Dr. Rudolph Ballentine described how a plaque called amma becomes lodged in the subcutaneous layers of the skin.

    Manifesting Michelangelo Joseph Pierce Farrell 2011

  • The stories about 'amma', 'names of Indian business', 'Indian laws against immodesty', 'hindu religion and priests' were characterised in a such a way by cenk which made Indian / hindu culture look ridiculous and cruel.

    The Young Turks 2008

  • As one articulate amma puts it, It is for everyone.

    Scott Cairns: Mysteries Of The Jesus Prayer Scott Cairns 2011

  • As one articulate amma puts it, It is for everyone.

    Scott Cairns: Mysteries Of The Jesus Prayer Scott Cairns 2011

  • But finally yesterday i made upma just like my amma. thank you for this wonder ful recipe sindhu

    Fluffy Uppumavu (Upma) « Salt and Pepper. 2008

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