атя

See also: ата and ятя

Erzya

Etymology

From Proto-Mordvinic *aťa, 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 a Lallwort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /atʲa/

Noun

атя • (aťa)

  1. elder, old man
    шержей атяšeržej aťaa gray old man
  2. husband

Declension

Indefinite declension of атя (back-vowel stem (ума) type)
case singular plural
nominative
(...)
атя (aťa) атят (aťat)
genitive
(of ...)
атянь (aťań)
dative
(to ...)
атянень (aťaneń)
ablative
(than ...)
атядо (aťado)
inessive
(in ...)
атясо (aťaso)
elative
(out of ...)
атясто (aťasto)
illative
(into ...)
атяс (aťas)
prolative
(through ...)
атява (aťava)
translative
(becoming ...)
атякс (aťaks)
comparative
(like ...)
атяшка (aťaška)
abessive
(without ...)
атявтомо (aťavtomo)

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]‎[1], Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen seura, →ISBN
  • Keresztes, László (1986) Geschichte der mordwinischen Konsonantismus II. Etymologisches Belegmaterial[2], Szeged: Studia Uralo-Altaica 26.