kabukimeow,
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Funny enough, in Russian side Karelian they call mother "muamo".

Äiti is a loan word from Gothic "aeþi", which is quite interesting as such words aren't usually loaned to replace the original. The original Finnish word for mother is "emä", but this is not used about humans anymore.

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