fatafat
Chuukese
Etymology
Reduplication of fat.
Adjective
fatafat
- very clear
Volapük
Etymology
fata (“father's”) + fat (“father”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fa.ta.ˈfat]
Noun
fatafat (plural fatafats)
- paternal grandfather
Declension
declension of fatafat
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fatafat | fatafats |
| genitive | fatafata | fatafatas |
| dative | fatafate | fatafates |
| accusative | fatafati | fatafatis |
| vocative 1 | o fatafat! | o fatafats! |
| predicative 2 | fatafatu | fatafatus |
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in some later, non-classical Volapük only
Hypernyms
- lefat (“grandfather”)
- lepal (“grandparent”)
Coordinate terms
- fatamot (“paternal grandmother”)
- motafat (“maternal grandfather”)
- motamot (“maternal grandmother”)