Meaning of Amah | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse.
   India
2. A female domestic helper; a maid.
   Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

Equivalents

Examples

“Then one day he disappeared and when Luke called apprehensively at his apartment the old amah told him that ‘Whisky Papa runrun London fastee.’”

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