PROTO: *(ema)-ste
MEANING: 1 woman 2 married woman, wife 3 fiancée
BZK: ema-zte 2, ema-zte-gei 3
GIP: ema-zte 2, ema-zte-gai 3
ANV: ema-zte 2, ema-zte-gai 3
BNV: ema-zte 2, ema-zte-gai 3
SAL: ema-zte 1
LAB: ema-zte 2, ema-zte-gai 3
AZK: ema-zte 1
ZBR: ema-zte 2, ema-zte-gei 3
RNC: ema-zte 1, ema-zte-gei 3
COMMENTS: For the first element see *ema- 'female'. According to Trask (1997: 271) emazte means 'woman' in three Pyrenean dialects (RNC, AZK, SAL), 'wife' elsewhere. A traditional etymology (since Schuchardt) derives *emaste from *ema- + *gaste 'young', though the actual Bsq meanings do not support the idea of 'young'.
