Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *mǝ̄H
Meaning: mother; woman
Tibetan: ma mother (cf. also rmo grandmother).
Burmese: (?) maj mother, LB *ma (Ben.) (cf. Burm. -ma female suffix), ǝ-maʔ female, woman.
Lepcha: mo, a-mo mother
Comments: PG *ama mother; BG: Garo ama, Bodo má mother, bi-ma female; Kham -ma the female of a species; Kanauri ama; Lepcha amo; Bahing ǝmo (but wǝma my mother), Vayu umu; Digaro na-ma, Dhimal ama; Chepang ma. Ben. 148.
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