Eskimo etymology : List with all references

Proto-Eskimo: *mamǝ-, *mami-

Meaning: underside of skin, to turn upside down

Russian meaning: внутрення сторона шкуры, переворачивать

Proto-Inupik: *mamǝ-, *mavraʁ-, *mami-t-

Comments: It is possible to separate the verb stem *mami- with the meaning 'to turn upside down' and the noun-stem *mamǝ- 'inverted part of skin'. The first is similar to *mumiɣ- with the same meaning. For 'boot' cf. Nivgh *momǝzq 'woman's boots'.

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 188, 189

Yupik etymology :

Proto-Yupik: *mamǝ-, *mami-ɣ-

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: uderside of skin 1, skin boot with fur turned in on lower part 2, to turn upside down 3, to translate 4

Russian Meaning: внутренняя сторона шкуры 1, обувь с вывернутой наизнанку шкурой в нижней части 2, выворачивать, переворачивать 3, переводить 4

Sirenik: mamíxticǝ̄́qǝχtǝ́χ 3, 4

Naukan: //mamǝ [Em.] 1

Egegik (Peripheral): Y mamlǝk 2

Nunivak (Peripheral): mamlǝk 2

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 188

Inupik etymology :

Proto-Inupik: *mamǝ-, *mavraʁ-, *mami-t-

Eskimo etymology: Eskimo etymology

Meaning: uderside of skin 1, skin boot with fur turned in on lower part 2, to scrape fat, blubber from skin 3, to turn upside down 4

Russian meaning: внутренняя сторона шкуры 1, обувь с вывернутой наизнанку шкурой в нижней части 2, счищать жир со шкуры 3, выворачивать, переворачивать 4

Seward Peninsula Inupik: mami 1, mamilaq 2, mavrak- 3

SPI Dialects: Imaq mámɨ 'membrane pieces scraped off from skin', W mamik* (īk, mammit) 1

North Alaskan Inupik: mamɨq (ʁ) 1, mamāq 'gums of whale where baleen is attached', mamɨlɨk du. 2

NAI Dialects: B mamilik* 1, Qaw mamiq 1

Western Canadian Inupik: mami 1

WCI Dialects: Car mamāq 'whale meat from between plates of baleen' [Schn.], mavjak-, maujag*- [Ras.] 3, Net mabiak- 3 [B.-S.]

Eastern Canadian Inupik: mami 1, majja(C)- 3

ECI Dialects: Igl majjak- 3 [B.-S.]

Greenlandic Inupik: mami (mame*) 1, 'blubber on fleshy side of skin, earth side of turf', mamāʁ- 'flake whale skin'

GRI Dialects: SWG mamitaʁ- 4 'to capsize'

Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 188, 189