High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *ʔam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mother' 1, 'wife, woman' 2

Sidamo: ama 1

Darasa (Gedeo): ama 1

Burji (Bambala, Dashe): aama 1, 2

Kambatta: ama-ta 1

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔam-

Meaning: woman

Semitic: *ʔam- 'maid, girl'

Egyptian: imꜣ.t (OK) 'female' (?)

Western Chadic: *ʔam- 'woman'

Central Chadic: ZB ʔám 'to marry' [Sa]

East Chadic: *tama < *ta-ʔam- 'woman' (?)

High East Cushitic: Burji aama 'woman, wife' (also 'mother' - v. 2449)

Omotic: Ong ʔáima 'woman', Ham ma, mei, Ari ma(a)

Notes: Rather to be separated from *ʔVma ~ *ma(y) 'mother'.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1420

Proto-Semitic: *ʔam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

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

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: imꜣ.t

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'female' (OK) 'Weibchen des Steinbocks, auch allgemein Weibchennanderer Wildarten'

Notes: EG I 79

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *ʔam-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

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]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *tama < *ta-ʔam- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

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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