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Reconstruction:Proto-Kartvelian/mam-
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Proto-Kartvelian
Etymology
A nursery term.
Noun
*mam(a)-
- father
- Antonym: *ded-
Derived terms
- ⇒ Proto-Georgian-Zan: *mamal- (“male”)
Descendants
- Proto-Georgian-Zan:
- Old Georgian: მამაჲ (mamay)
- Georgian: მამა (mama)
- Zan:
- Mingrelian: მუმა (muma)
- Old Georgian: მამაჲ (mamay)
- Svan: მუ (mu)
References
- Fähnrich, Heinz (2007), “*mam-”, in Kartwelisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch [Kartvelian Etymological Dictionary] (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.18) (in German), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 278
- Penrixi (Fähnrich), Hainc; Sarǯvelaʒe, Zurab (2000), “*mam-”, in Kartvelur enata eṭimologiuri leksiḳoni [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Georgian), 2nd edition, Tbilisi: Tbilisi Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani State University Press, page 316
- Klimov, G. A. (1998), “*mama-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 114
- Климов, Г. А. (1964), “*mama-”, in Этимологический словарь картвельских языков [Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Academy Press, page 126
Further reading
- Gudava, Ṭogo (1960), “O-s u-ši gadasvlis zogierti šemtxveva zanur (megrul-č̣anur) enaši [Some cases of transition of o into u in Zan (Mingrelian-Chan) language]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), volume 25, issue 1, Tbilisi, page 119―122
- Mač̣avariani, Givi (1956), “A xmovnis labializaciis šemtxvevebi svanurši [Cases of labialization of the vowel a in Svan]”, in Sakartvelos ssr mecnierebata aḳademiis moambe (in Georgian), issue 4, Tbilisi, page 365―368