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5.20.0 m-m: The very first articulated sound uttered by a baby (the second is ata-ata Listen 6.4.2.1 ). Le tout premier son articulé d'un bébé. Termes secondaires dérivés de ce son:

Esp.mamarto suck
Franç.mamelle(secondary) udder, breast
Haoussamamabreast
Berb.: Snusmmamother
chinoismaid.
Anc.Greek: dorienid.
Skr.má,ambàid.
Lith.ambàwet nurse
Anc.Greekmámmamother
Ital.mammaid.
Alb.mamëid.
Russianmamaid.
Anc.Greekammásid.
Lat.ammaid.
Oscanammaiid.
Tokh.Bammakkiid.
Basqueamaid.
Alb.amëaunt
Germ.ammewet nurse
Esp.amaid.
Akk.mumother
Sumer.ama, amu, eme, umid.
Mayaimid.
Arabicummid.
Inde: Mundaumeid. Also Mon-khmer amai mother, Indonesian amai,umai mother
Akk.umtuwoman
Drav.ummubirth
Nubianumuto give birth
Hebr.umachild
Sumer.umprogeny
Berb.: Kabyleemmison
Basqueumecreature, baby
Anc.Greekhymènvirginal membrane. The Latins seem to have confused this name with hymnosð5.8.7.
Lat.omina"marriage of a virgin"; omen in the sense of "marriage" appears unrelated to omen "augur".
Basqueeme(adj.) female
Basqueemawoman
Franç.Emmaa woman's given name
Hebr.emwoman's breast
Alb.anwomb (Turkish anne)
Basqueumoiwomb
Engl.wombwomb, belly
Engl.womanthe female human being whose main function is
reproduction. It is amazing that English speaking linguists be contented with such an explanation as woman being a corruption of "wife of man". If Indo-Europeanists, in spite of all their constructive abilities, have not been able to demonstrate the relation of woman to the other terms listed here, then let this paradigm be self-explaining. See also wife, hereunder for an unrealistic etymology. Cf. also gwamm and vàmà, hereunder
Engl.: Scot.wamewomb
Germ.wamme, wampebelly, belly skin
Ital.: Friuliuampe, vuampe(< Germ.) tessuti molliche costituiscone la parte dell'addome
Germ.weibwoman
Svenskvivspouse
Engl.wifespouse; certainly not from ON veifa "to wave" "(as e.g. the veil does in a wind)" - Klein
Lith. gimdawomb
Anc.Greekgames, gametèspouse , >gameo épouser: prendre femme
Sumer.gemewoman
bretongwammwoman
Svenskgummabonne femme (Goth. guma "man" is a doubtful interpretation)
Skr.vàmàwoman
Skr.vaminafemale
Ital.féminafemale
Franç.femmewoman

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