Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/ata(a)ta

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This Proto-Eskimo entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Eskimo[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Likely a reduplication of *ata (father). Compare Aleut taatax̂ (father, dad).

Noun[edit]

*ata(a)ta

  1. older male relative

Descendants[edit]

  • Proto-Yupik: *ataata
  • Proto-Inuit: *ataata
    • Inupiaq: ataata (father)
      • Malimiut: taata (father)
      • Nunamiut: taata (great uncle, grandfather)
    • Inuktitut: ᐊᑖᑕ (ataata, father, grandfather), ᐊᑖᑕᒃ (ataatak)
    • Inuktun: ataatak (grandfather)
    • Greenlandic: ataata (father)
    • Tunumiisut: ataataq (father)

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