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Erzya
Etymology
From Proto-Mordvinic *aťa, probably from earlier *ätä, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic *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 a Lallwort.
Pronunciation
Noun
атя • (aťa)
- elder, old man
- husband
Declension
Indefinite declension of атя (back-vowel stem (
ума) type)
Derived terms
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], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
- Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial, Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.