"Iwa" is a word in ILOKANO, CEBUANO
n. slice of something. v. /MANG-:-EN/ to slice, cut open.
íwa n wet nurse.
v [A; c1] act as a wet nurse, be made wet nurse.
Nakaíwa kug bátang hilak, I have nursed a baby that tends to cry.
Mothers tend toward right on most things.
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áma - (Sp. ama) Housewife, mistress, landlady, proprietress. (cf. agálon, tagíya). Also shortened from the Sp. "ama de leche”—wet-nurse.
Read the complete definitionA nurse who attends and feeds a child by hand; -- in distinction from a wet nurse, who suckles it.
Read the complete definitionmamá - (Sp. mama) Mother, mama, mamma; a wet-nurse. (cf. nánay, ilóy; yáya).
Read the complete definitionmáma - Wet nurse. See mamá.
Read the complete definitionmamay n {1} wet nurse. {2} any nursemaid. v {1} [A; a] wet-nurse. Gimamay ang bátà nga ílu, The orphaned …
Read the complete definitionmámay - Wet nurse. (cf. máma).
Read the complete definitionmansisiwá - Nurse, wet-nurse, children’s nurse. (cf. yáya, sisiwá).
Read the complete definitionA nurse who suckles a child, especially the child of another woman. Cf. Dry nurse.
Read the complete definitionyáya - A children’s nurse, dry-nurse, daynurse, nursery maid; wet nurse. (cf. sisíwa, manuglíbang (manug-, libáng) sang mga bátà; áma).
Read the complete definitionyaya1 Definition: (noun) nurse; nursemaid; wet nurse; governess 2 Definition: Notes: Examples:
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