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

Etymology

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

Noun

*ata(a)ta

  1. older male relative

Descendants

  • 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”)

References

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