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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔam-
Meaning: woman
Central Chadic: ZB ʔám 'to marry' [Sa]
Omotic: Ong ʔáima 'woman', Ham ma, mei, Ari ma(a)
Notes: Rather to be separated from *ʔVma ~ *ma(y) 'mother'.
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1420
Proto-Semitic: *ʔam-
Meaning: 'maid, girl'
Akkadian: amtu
Ugaritic: ʔamt
Phoenician: Phn ʔmt, Pun ʔmt
Hebrew: ʔamā
Aramaic: (Emp) ʔmh
Syrian Aramaic: ʔamt-
Mandaic Aramaic: amta, amuta
Arabic: ʔam-at-
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔamat
Tigre: ʔamät
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: imꜣ.t
Meaning: 'female' (OK) 'Weibchen des Steinbocks, auch allgemein Weibchennanderer Wildarten'
Notes: EG I 79
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *ʔam-
Meaning: 'woman'
Warji: ám-ái 1 [SkNb]
Kariya: ãm 1 [SkNb]
Miya: ám 1 [SkNb]
Cagu: ṓméy 1 [SkNb]
Jimbin: amá 1 [SkNb]
Sha: ʔamũy [JgR]
Ngizim: ámâ [ShN]
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *tama < *ta-ʔam- (?)
Meaning: 'woman'
Somrai: dème ́ [Jg]
Tumak: deém [Cp] < *dV-ʔam- <*tV-ʔam
Ndam: ǯāḿ [CLR: 347]
Lele: tāmá [Grg]
Kabalai: tamà́ [Cp] , tāma [Lk:192]
Notes: Initial d- < *tV-in the sumrai group is regular. Long vowel in Kaba points to *ta-ʔam (less possible that Lele and Kaba originate from *ta-ma < AA *ma id, cf. Sokoro mā́ )
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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *ʔam-
Meaning: 'mother' 1, 'wife, woman' 2
Sidamo: ama 1
Darasa (Gedeo): ama 1
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): aama 1, 2
Kambatta: ama-ta 1
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