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General

Morphemic form: {ataata}N, {ataataq}N
New orthography: ataata, ataataq, ataatat
Old orthography: atâta, atâtaĸ, atâtat
Sources: [MFSJLK10], [SK71], [JP67], [CWSL58], [CBBJRPIKJR97]
Combinations: View list
Right sandhi: Default/none
Inflection sandhi: Default/none, p-declined
Stem type: Vowel stem

Description and behaviour

Form and usage:

The meaning of this stem is 'father', or 'dad'. According to Kleinschmidt [SK71], it is childish speech, but many nevertheless use it of their father, even as adults (the formal expression for 'father' is {aŋutə}N with a possessive ending, e.g. angutaa, 'his father'). It is normally regarded as a vowel stem, but some, e.g. Schultz-Lorentzen [CWSL58], instead list it as a (weak) q-stem.


Inflection

Inflection pattern:

Stem type: Vowel stem
Inflection sandhi: Default/none, p-declined
Sources: [JP67]

Notes on inflection:

The stem inflects as an ordinary vowel stem (or weak q-stem) with p-declension. As this is entirely regular, we do not record a full inflection paradigm here.


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