taatta

Ingrian

Etymology

Originally from baby talk. Compare Finnish taata (“grandfather”) and dialectal Russian тата (tata, “daddy”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːtːɑ/, [ˈtɑːtː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑːtːɑ/, [ˈtɑːtːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːtː, -ɑːtːɑ
• Hyphenation: taat‧ta

Noun

taatta

1. father
   • 1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 4:

     Ossa miulle taatta (ätti), ockat.

     Buy me glasses, taatta (daddy).

Declension

Declension of taatta (type 3/kana, tt-t gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	taatta	taatat
genitive	taatan	taattoin
partitive	taattaa	taattoja
illative	taattaa	taattoi
inessive	taataas	taatois
elative	taatast	taatoist
allative	taatalle	taatoille
adessive	taataal	taatoil
ablative	taatalt	taatoilt
translative	taataks	taatoiks
essive	taattanna, taattaan	taattoinna, taattoin
exessive1)	taattant	taattoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• isä, ätti, (folk poetic) iso

Coordinate terms

• emä, emo

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “тата”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 699
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 579