ataata

See also: ata ata

Cebuano

Etymology

From older ata-ata

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧ta‧a‧ta

Noun

ataata

1. Diospyros mindanaensis, a tree found in Mindanao

Greenlandic

Alternative forms

• ataataq
• alaala (East Greenlandic)

Etymology

From Proto-Inuit *ạta-ata, from Proto-Eskimo *ata-ata. Cognate of Inuktitut ᐊᑖᑕ (ataata) and Inupiaq taata.

Pronunciation

• (Nuuk) IPA^(key): /ataata/, [a.təː.ta]

Noun

ataata (plural ataatat)

1. father

   Coordinate term: anaana

Declension

Declension of ataata

case	singular	plural
absolutive	ataata	ataatat
ergative	ataatap
allative	ataatamut	ataatanut
ablative	ataatamit	ataataniit
prolative	ataatakkut	ataatatigut
locative	ataatami	ataatani
instrumental	ataatamik	ataatanik
equative	ataatasut

Further reading

• “ataata“ in iserasuaat.gl
• ataata in Katersat

Inuktitut

Noun

ataata

1. Latin spelling of ᐊᑖᑕ (ataata)

Māori

Etymology

Reduplication of ata.

Noun

ataata

1. shadow, image
2. video

Descendants

• Māori: atāta

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917), “ataata”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 22
• John C. Moorfield (2011), “ataata”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN