"Mamay" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
mámay - Wet nurse. (cf. máma).
mamay n {1} wet nurse.
{2} any nursemaid.
v {1} [A; a] wet-nurse.
Gimamay ang bátà nga ílu, The orphaned infant was wet-nursed.
{2} [A; a] take care of a child.
Siyay nagmamay sa tanan námung mga bátà, She took care of all our children.
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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