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

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