fatafat

Chuukese

Etymology

Reduplication of fat.

Adjective

fatafat

1. very clear

Volapük

Etymology

fata (“father's”) +‎ fat (“father”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fa.ta.ˈfat]

Noun

fatafat (nominative plural fatafats)

1. paternal grandfather

Declension

declension of fatafat

	singular	plural
nominative	fatafat	fatafats
genitive	fatafata	fatafatas
dative	fatafate	fatafates
accusative	fatafati	fatafatis
vocative 1	o fatafat!	o fatafats!
predicative 2	fatafatu	fatafatus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

• lefat (“grandfather”)
• lepal (“grandparent”)

Coordinate terms

• fatamot (“paternal grandmother”)
• motafat (“maternal grandfather”)
• motamot (“maternal grandmother”)