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ama

/ah-mah/US // ˈɑ mɑ //

阿玛,阿马,阿妈,阿嬷

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural a·mas, a·ma.

    • : a Japanese diver, usually a woman, who tends underwater oyster beds used in the cultivation of pearls.

Examples

  • “It's super boring to see people sit around and draw grids all day,” show host Ryan Devlin host explained on a reddit AMA.

  • On Monday, Grandin participated in a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA), and the questions were as diverse as her career.

  • The most interesting personal information Grandin shared during the AMA was the sexism she faced during the start of her career.

  • “We are competing with a Park Ranger AMA,” reassured one aide.

  • Williams was recently asked what his favorite memory was of Reeve during a very revealing Reddit AMA.

  • Probably a corruption of the popular term “Kafir,” ama being the plural sign.

  • So true is the Italian proverb: Ogn' un ama la giustizia in cosa d altrui.

  • His brown Norfolk jacket was open, and he carried a brand new, though somewhat shapeless pan-ama hat in his hand.

  • Mourakoumo means “clouds of clouds”; ama means “heaven”; tsurogi means “sword.”

  • The violin-makers of Cremona came, as we have said, from Brescia, beginning with the Ama-tis.