атя

See also: ата and ятя

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *aťə, probably from earlier *ätä, inherited from Proto-Finno-Permic [Finno-Volgaic] *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 from baby talk.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atʲa/

Noun

атя • (aťa)

  1. elder, old man
  2. husband

Declension

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.
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