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: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Kyakala

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ame. 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