[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.260 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.260 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.260 - **Language:** English ### [c10.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.260) \*\*AMAH\*\*, \*s.\* A wet nurse; used in Madras, Bombay, China and Japan. It is Port. \*ama\* (comp. German and Swedish \*amme\*). - [Previous: c10.259](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.259) - [Next: c10.261](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.261) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.260](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.260) · Pramāṇa