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äiti, anya (pronounced ~aaya) and avva are still compatible with the explanation. The Telugu word is the formal name (corresponding to mother on Wikipedia). Ar
by pygy_ 13y ago
äiti, anya (pronounced ~aaya) and avva are still compatible with the explanation.
The Telugu word is the formal name (corresponding to mother on Wikipedia). Are you familiar with the language?
We'd need statistics on the frequency of the first consonant utterance, and see if it correllates with the distribution of the names given to mothers by babies.
- shared4you 13y agoYes, Telugu is my mother-tongue and Kannada is my first-language. In spoken Telugu today, 'amma' is far more common than 'talli'. In written Telugu, both are equally common. 'talli' has secondary meaning of just refering to any female. For example, "chitti talli" (little girl), "talli-tandrulu" (mother-father, i.e., parents), etc. Similar remarks apply to Kannada. Avva is informal and more common in rural dialects.
- dheerosaur 13y agoTalli is to mother as Amma is to the mama word from the article. Interestingly, 'mama' in Telugu is uncle.
- akandiah 13y ago> In spoken Telugu today, 'amma' is far more common than 'talli'. That's intriguing, because 'amma' is the Tamil word for mother.
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- L4mppu 13y agoplease tell me how you can turn äiti into mama? Closest to mama in Finnish I can think of is mummo or mummu which means granny.