атя

See also: ата and ятя

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *aťə, probably from earlier *ätä, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *atta~*ättä, which is from Proto-Uralic *attɜ (“father, grandfather”). Potential cognates include Estonian ätt, Ingrian ätti, Hungarian atya.

Turkic and Indo-European origin has also been proposed (compare Proto-Turkic *ata (“father”) and Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”)). Ultimately from baby talk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atʲa/

Noun

атя • (aťa)

1. elder, old man
2. husband

Declension

Indefinite declension of атя (back-vowel stem (ума) type)

	singular	plural
nominative	атя (aťa)	атят (aťat)
genitive	атянь (aťań)	—
dative	атянень (aťańeń)	—
ablative	атядо (aťado)	—
inessive	атясо (aťaso)	—
elative	атясто (aťasto)	—
illative	атяс (aťas)	—
prolative	атява (aťava)	—
translative	атякс (aťaks)	—
comparative	атяшка (aťaška)	—
abessive	атявтомо (aťavtomo)	—

Derived terms

• атярозь
• атятеште

References

• B. A. Serebrennikov, R. N. Buzakova, M. V. Mosin (1993) “атя”, in Эрзянь-рузонь валкс [Erzya-Russian dictionary], Moscow: Русский язык, →ISBN
• Heikki Paasonen, Kaino Heikkilä, Martti Kahla (1990-1996) “at́a”, in H. Paasonens Mordwinisches Wörterbuch [Heikki Paasonen's Dialect Dictionary of the Mordvinian Languages]‎^[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
• Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial‎^[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.