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Eskimo etymology :
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Proto-Eskimo: *(m)ama-
Meaning: milk, tasty, female breast
Russian meaning: молоко, сладкий, грудь (женский)
Comments: Some irregularities in the phonetic development in modern languages are due to the connection of this root to the expressive lexicon, the so-called 'baby talk'.
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 187
esqet-meaning,esqet-rmean,esqet-yup,esqet-inup,esqet-newcom,esqet-refer,
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Yupik etymology :
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Proto-Yupik: *(m)ama-
Meaning: milk 1, sweet 2, to suck milk 3, breast 4, to nurse a bay 5
Russian Meaning: молоко 1, сладкий 2, сосать грудь 3, грудь 4, кормить грудью 5
Sirenik: māmmǝχ 1, mamáʁǝnlǝ̄ŋuχ 2, mamǝ́χtǝqǝ́χtǝχ 3, //mamǝχ, mamaχ (aj) [Men., Rub., Orr] 4
Chaplino: mamáq (t), mámak* 4, 1, mamáʁaqā 3
Alutiiq Alaskan Yupik: amāq 4 (female), amāʁ- 5
Koniag (AAY): AP āmaq 4 (female), āmaʁ- 'to nurse a baby' 5
Central Alaskan Yupik: āmaq 4, āmaʁ- 3
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 21, 188
yupet-prnum,yupet-mean,yupet-rmean,yupet-sir,yupet-chap,yupet-aay,yupet-koni,yupet-cay,yupet-ced,
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Inupik etymology :
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Proto-Inupik: *(ạ)mama-
Meaning: milk 1, to suckle 2, breast 3, udder 4, tasty 5
Russian meaning: молоко 1, сосать грудь 2, грудь 3, вымя 4, вкусный 5
Seward Peninsula Inupik: māmak- 2
SPI Dialects: Imaq mamāktoq 2, mamāûn 4, W amāma* 1
North Alaskan Inupik: amāmak- 2, mamaun 4, mamaq- 5
NAI Dialects: B, Ingl amāma* 1
Western Canadian Inupik: amāmak 1, amāmak- 2, mamaun 4, mamaq- 5
WCI Dialects: Cor amāma* 1, Cop mamaun 3
Eastern Canadian Inupik: amāmak 3, amāmak- 2, mamauti 4, mamaq- 5
Greenlandic Inupik: amāma(k) 3, amâma* 1 [Jen.], amāmaɣ- 2, mamaʁ- 5, mamma 'food (baby talk)'
Comparative Eskimo Dictionary: 22, 188
inupet-prnum,inupet-meaning,inupet-rmean,inupet-spi,inupet-spis,inupet-nai,inupet-nais,inupet-wci,inupet-wcis,inupet-eci,inupet-gri,inupet-ced,
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