あま
Meanings
Noun
Colloquialism
1. Nonne; Priesterin
2. Nonne; Priesterin; Schwester
3. alte Jungfer; dumme Kuh; dumme Gans; Schlampe; Flittchen (als Beleidigung)
Pitch accent
Composed of
Winkel; Schmeicheln; Vordach; Hügel; Afrika (Abk.); A (erster Buchstabe des Sanskrit-Alphabets)
Dämon; böser Geist; Teufel; Satan
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Göre; Fratz; Mädel; Mieze
to love one's child too much for their own good; (lit.) to love one's daughter so much as to make her a nun
Göre; Fratz; Mädel; Mieze
minister or general's wife who became a nun