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ayah

[ah-yuh] / ˈɑ jə /


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Amer leaves the vegetables upstairs with the ayah and goes to Aunty Park for a walk.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2018

The ayah wheels her to the doors that open onto the balcony and over the threshold.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2018

“They’re tearing down the old house,” his mother tells the ayah.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2018

She grabs a cup from the table and shakes it at the ayah.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 31, 2018

She said she had applied for a UN job and they would all live in The Hague with a Dutch ayah to look after them.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy


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