The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Ambhaka see ambaka.
Ambho
Ambho (indecl.) [fr. ha' + bho, see bho, orig. "hallo you there"] part. of exclamation, employed: 1. to draw
attention = look here, hey! hallo! Vin iii.73 (= !lapan! âdhivacana); J ii.3; PvA 62. -- 2. to mark reproach &
anger = you silly, you rascal D i.194; It 114; J i.174 (v. l. amho), 254; Miln 48.
Amma
Amma (indecl.) [voc. of amm!] endearing term, used (1) by children in addressing their mother = mammy,
mother dear D i.93; J ii.133; iv.1, 281 (amma t!ta u&&hetha daddy, mammy, get up!); DhA ii.87; PvA 73,
74. (2) in general when addressing a woman familiarly = good woman, my (good) lady, dear, thus to a
woman J i.292; PvA 63; DhA ii.44; to a girl PvA 6; to a daughter DhA ii.48; iii.172. -- Cp. ambak!.
Amma*a
Amma*a (nt.) [of uncertain etym.; Sk. arma*a is Sans- kritised P!li. See on form & meaning Childers s. v.
and Kern, Toev. p. 72] 1. a trough J v.297; vi.381 (bhatt˚). 2. a certain measure of capacity J i.62; ii.436
(ta*.ul˚). As ˚ka at J ii.117 (v. l. ampa*aka); DA i.84.
Amm!
Amm! (f.) [onomat. from child language; Sk. amb!, cp. Gr. a)mma/s mother, Oisl. amma "granny", Ohg.
amma "mammy", nurse; also Lat. amita father's sister & am!re to love] mother J iii.392 (gen. amm!ya). --
Voc. amma (see sep.).
Amha & Amhan
Amha & Amhan (nt.) [Sk. a$man, see also asama2] a stone Sn 443 (instr. amhan!, but SnA 392 reads
asman! = p!s!*ena). -- maya made of stone, hard Dh 161 (= p!s!*a˚ DhA iii.151).
Amha, Amhi
Amha, Amhi see atthi.
Amh!
Amh! (f.) [etym. uncertain; Morris J.P.T.S. 1889, 201 too vague] a cow (?) A i.229. The C. says nothing.
Amh!ka', Amhe
Amh!ka', Amhe see aha'.
Amho = ambho
Amho = ambho J i.174 (v. l.).
Aya
Aya1 see ayo.