amá

amá (Dauphinois)

1. Alternative form of amar (“to love”)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “amare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 24: Refonte A–Aorte, page 387

Borrowed from Turkish ama.

amá (Latin spelling)

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amá

1. mother
2. maternal aunt

• amáyázhí (“mother's sister”)
• abízhí (“paternal aunt or uncle”)
• amásání (“maternal grandmother”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

amá

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of amar

Aphetic form of mamá (“mom”)

amá f (plural amás)

1. (colloquial, Basque Country, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Eastern Cuba, Colombia, Venezuela) Aphetic form of mamá (“mom”)

• “amá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
• “amá” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010