aite

See also: Aite

Irish

Adjective

aite

1. inflection of ait:
   1. genitive feminine singular
   2. nominative/vocative/dative/strong genitive plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aite	n-aite	haite	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Japanese

Romanization

aite

1. Rōmaji transcription of あいて

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• aitte

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadʲe/

Noun

aite m (genitive aiti, nominative plural aiti)

1. foster father
2. teacher
3. tutor

Declension

Masculine io-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	aite	aiteL	aitiL
Vocative	aiti	aiteL	aitiu
Accusative	aiteN	aiteL	aitiuH
Genitive	aitiL	aiteL	aiteN
Dative	aitiuL	aitib	aitib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Irish: oide
• Manx: gedjey
• Scottish Gaelic: oide

See also

• muimme

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
aite	unchanged	n-aite
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 aite”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Rotokas

Noun

aite

1. father
2. uncle (mother's sister's husband)
3. uncle (father's brother)

References

• Firchow, Irwin, Firchow, Jacqueline, Akoitai, David (1973) Vocabulary of Rotokas - Pidgin - English‎^[1], Ukarumpa: Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 3