ayah

[ UK /ˈa‍ɪɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (in India) a native nursemaid who looks after children
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How To Use ayah In A Sentence

  • Ethnic Burmese form the majority at 67.4%, and the remainder includes the Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Chins, Kachins and the Kayahs.
  • Rima's dusky ayah, Asha, at eighteen almost a child herself, makes up the required third player in their games.
  • Myanmar's population is divided primarily into seven separate administrative states, in addition to the Burmans: the Chins, the Kachins, the Karens, the Kayahs, the Mons, the Arakenese and the Shans.
  • But the ayahuasca case, says CIEL's Wiser, ‘has taken on a very significant importance’ in drawing attention to the practice of patenting nature.
  • In South America the sacred use of the psychedelic ayahuasca has moved from the native populations of the Amazon Basin into the urban centers where it is the central sacrament in their religious praxis.
  • Perhaps the biggest culture shock comes when newcomers from India realize that in America their personal army of cooks and cleaners, gardeners and drivers, ayahs and gofers is reduced to - I, me, myself.
  • When a deadly snake, a black krait, slithered into my nursery and my ayah [Indian nanny] ran screaming from the room, her ankle bracelets chattering in panic, it was Yah Mohammed who calmly killed the krait.
  • Pfsshh. Tiger hasnt changed and with the media giving him cover he will soon be playah playah again. Think Progress » Murdoch: ‘I Don’t Think’ Fox News ‘Should Be Supporting The Tea Party’
  • They're singing Kumbayah with the Palestinians, for Chrissake. Steven Crandell: One Burrito for Mankind
  • Ethnic Burmese form the majority at 67.4%, and the remainder includes the Shans, Rakhines, Mons, Chins, Kachins and the Kayahs.
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