Proto-Basque: *eme / *ema-, *ama
Meaning: 1 female 2 woman 3 woman (married or widow) 4 woman (married) 5 mother 6 girl
Bizkaian: eme 1, emakume, emakuma 2, emazte 4, ama 5
Gipuzkoan: eme 1, emakume 2, emazte 4, ama 5
High Navarrese: eme 1, emazte 4, ama 5
Low Navarrese: emazte 4, ama 5, (Baigorri) emakume 6
Salazarese: emazte 2, emakume 6
Lapurdian: emakume 2, emazte 4, ama 5
Baztanese: emakume 2
Aezkoan: emazte 2
Zuberoan: emazte 3, ama 5
Roncalese: emakume 2, emazte 4, ama 5
Comments: For *ema-ste see *-ste. Trask (1995) mentions the supposed derivation from Romance (Occitan heme 'female'), but *eme seems to be deeply imbedded in Bsq and is thus of a much older origin (PSC *HV̆mV́).
