What does Ama mean?
[àma]: Manchu people call their father. Also do Ama. [āmā]: 1. Mother. 2. An honorific title for an older woman.
1.3. It is the name used by servants to their mistresses in the old days. 2.Southern Fujian dialect: grandma. 4. A husband’s nickname for his elderly wife. [servingwoman;amah]: maid
2. Amah is a Chinese word, the Chinese pinyin is āmā, and is usually the collective name for mother from the Miao, Dong, Yao, She, Li, Dai and other ethnic groups. Generally called: A Ma, A Man, Man, Lan. (Ama is the most common title among ethnic minorities)