Reconstruction:Proto-Eskimo/ata(a)ta

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
  • Alutiiq: ataata (“paternal uncle”), ataaq
  • Yup'ik: ataata
  • Naukanski: ataata
  • Central Siberian Yupik: ataata
  • Sirenik: atata
• Proto-Inuit: *ataata
  • Inupiaq: ataata (“father”)
    • Malimiut: taata (“father”)
    • Nunamiut: taata (“great uncle, grandfather”)
  • Inuktitut: ᐊᑖᑕ (ataata, “father, grandfather”), ᐊᑖᑕᒃ (ataatak)
    • ⇒ Inuinnaqtun: ataatattiaq (“grandfather”)
  • Inuktun: ataatak (“grandfather”)
  • Greenlandic: ataata (“father”)
  • Tunumiisut: ataataq (“father”)

References

• Fortescue, Michael, Jacobson, Steven, Kaplan, Lawrence (2010) Comparative Eskimo Dictionary with Aleut Cognates, 2nd edition, Fairbanks: Alaska Native Language Center: University of Alaska Fairbanks, →ISBN