Proto-Basque: *mami(n), mamul
Meaning: 1 flesh (soft and tender part of bread, fruit, meat, fish) 2 pith, starchy part (of plants) 3 intimate (friend)
Bizkaian: mamin 1, 3
Gipuzkoan: mami 1, 3
High Navarrese: mami 1, 2
Low Navarrese: mami 1, mamul 1
Salazarese: mamola 1
Lapurdian: mami 1, (Ainhoa) mamul 1
Baztanese: mami 3
Zuberoan: mami 1
Roncalese: 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.).
