Protoform: *babV
Meaning: 1 mother 2 mummy
Avar: babá 2
Chadakolob: babá 1
Andian language: baba 2
Akhvakh: baba 2
Chamalal: bab 2
Comments: A "nursery" word with some external parallels. Cf. also Cham. Gig. babu 'mummy', ila-babu 'grandmother' (lit. "mother's mummy"). A non-reduplicated form *ʔabV is probably reflected in Av. ebél 'mother' (which may be a compound *ʔabV + *ʔil = PA *ʔila 'mother'). Andian (or Av.) baba > Inkh. baba 'mummy' (like dada 'daddy', isolated within Tsezian).
