PROTO: *mami(n), mamul
MEANING: 1 flesh (soft and tender part of bread, fruit, meat, fish) 2 pith, starchy part (of plants) 3 intimate (friend)
BZK: mamin 1, 3
GIP: mami 1, 3
ANV: mami 1, 2
BNV: mami 1, mamul 1
SAL: mamola 1
LAB: mami 1, (Ainhoa) mamul 1
BZT: mami 3
ZBR: mami 1
RNC: mami 1, mamul 1
COMMENTS: The supposed derivation from French m'ami 'my friend' (Trask 1997) is fanciful and anachronistic, though it may have influenced meaning 3. In our analysis this is a very old expressive word, found in many languages (Lat. mamma, etc.).
