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N. ada n. “father (hypocoristic)” (Category: Father)

N. ada, n. “father (hypocoristic), [G.] daddy” (Category: Father)

A hypocoristic (affectionate) word for “father” in The Etymologies of the 1930s, hence roughly equivalent to English “daddy”, derived from the root ᴹ√ATA “father” (Ety/ATA).

Conceptual Development: A similar set of affection words appeared the Gnomish Lexicon of the 1910s: G. ada or nada, adi or nadi (GL/17, 59).

Reference ✧ Ety/ATA ✧ “father (hypocoristic)”

Cognates

Ilk. adda “father (hypocoristic)” ✧ Ety/ATA
ᴹQ. atto “father (hypocoristic)” ✧ Ety/ATA

Derivations

< ᴹ√ATA “father” ✧ Ety/ATA

G. (n)ada n. “daddy, father” (Category: Father)

See N. ada for discussion.

References ✧ GL/17, 59

Glosses

“daddy” ✧ GL/59 (nada)
“father, daddy” ✧ GL/17 ((n)adi)

Variations

(n)ada ✧ GL/17
(n)adi ✧ GL/17
adi ✧ GL/59; GL/17 (adi)
ada ✧ GL/59; GL/17 (ada)
nada ✧ GL/59

(m)ami “mummy” cf. (n)ada “daddy, father”
nân¹ “mother” may replace (n)ada “daddy, father”

Changes

adi >> (n)adi “father, daddy” ✧ GL/17
ada >> (n)ada ✧ GL/17

Cognates

ᴱQ. atta¹ “father (child’s word)”

Derivations

< *ᴱ√ATA²