阿玛

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 阿玛 – see 阿瑪 (“dad, daddy, beloved father”).
(This term is the simplified form of 阿瑪).
Notes:

Kyakala

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ama. Cognate with Manchu ᠠᠮᠠ (ama, “father, dad”)

Noun

阿玛 (ama)

  1. father
    Antonym: 额莫 (emo, “mother”)

References

  • Andreas Hölzl (2019) “A wedding ceremony of the Kyakala in China: Language and ritual”, in International Journal of Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Reconstruction‎[1], volume 16, page 114
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