atta
See also: Atta, attá, átta, attā, åtta, and attą̊
English
Etymology 1
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Contraction
atta
- that's the; that's a
Usage notes
Used only in expressions like atta boy and atta girl.
Alternative forms
- thatta
Derived terms
- attaboy, atta boy
- attadog, atta dog
- attagal, attagirl, atta girl
Etymology 2
From Hindi आटा (āṭā, “flour, farina, dough”).
Noun
atta (countable and uncountable, plural attas)
- (India) A type of wholegrain flour from the Indian subcontinent.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 7:
- Kabutri, in the meanwhile, had kneaded some atta and rolled out a few real rotis.
- 2020, Shruti Swamy, A House Is a Body: Stories, Algonquin Books.
- The little bits of atta on her hands turned the water a milky white and that was all she could offer to her children’s hunger.
- 2008, Amitav Ghosh, Sea of Poppies, Penguin 2015, p. 7:
Anagrams
- Tata, ta ta, ta-ta, tata
Akkadian
Etymology
From Proto-Semitic *ʔanta m (thou). Cognate with Arabic أَنْتَ (ʾanta) and Biblical Hebrew אַתָּה (ʔattɔ́).
Pronunciation
- (Old Babylonian) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/
Pronoun
atta
- you, thou (second-person masculine singular personal pronoun, nominative case)
- 𒀀𒈾𒆪 𒅇 𒀜𒋫 ― a-na-ku u₃ at-ta /anāku u atta/ ― you and I (literally, “I and you”)
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| Akkadian personal pronouns¹ | |||||||||
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| Independent forms | Pronominal Suffixes | ||||||||
| Nominative | Oblique² | Dative | Predicative³ | Possessive⁴ | Accusative⁵ | Dative⁵ | |||
| Singular | 1st | anāku | yâti | yâšim, ayyâšim | -āku | -ī, -ya | -anni, -nni, -ninni | -am, -m, -nim | |
| 2nd | m | atta | kâta | kâšim, kâšum | -āta | -ka | -ka | -kum | |
| f | atti | kâti | kâšim | -āti | -ki | -ki | -kim | ||
| 3rd | m | šū | šuāti, šuātu, šâti | šuāšim, šâšim | - | -šu | -šu | -šum | |
| f | šī | šuāti, šâti | šuāšim, šâšim | -at | -ša | -ši | -šim | ||
| Plural | 1st | nīnu | niāti | niāšim | -ānu | -ni | -niāti | -niāšim | |
| 2nd | m | attunu | kunūti | kunūšim | -ātina | -kunu | -kunūti | -kunūšim | |
| f | attina | kināti⁶ | kināšim⁶ | -ātunu | -kina | -kināti | -kināšim | ||
| 3rd | m | šunu | šunūti | šunūšim | -ā | -šunu | -šunūti | -šunūšim | |
| f | šina | šināti | šināšim⁶ | -ū | -šina | -šināti | -šināšim | ||
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Chickasaw
Etymology
Cognate with Choctaw atta
Verb
atta (active)
- (intransitive) to be born
- (transitive) to live in (a location)
Inflection
Class I Verb Subjects (Active)
| Verbs beginning with a vowel. | Singular | Plural | Inclusive Tri-Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st-person (I, we) | attali atta-li | ilatta il-atta | ilooatta iloo-atta |
| 2nd-person (you, you all) | ishatta ish-atta | hashatta hash-atta | |
| 3rd-person (he, she, it, they) | atta | (hoo)atta (hoo-)atta | |
Choctaw
Verb
atta
- to live
Gothic
Romanization
atta
- Romanization of 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/
- Rhymes: -atta
- Hyphenation: àt‧ta
Adjective
atta
- feminine singular of atto
Anagrams
- tata
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *átta (“father”). Cognates include Hittite 𒀜𒋫𒀸 (attas), Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 (atta), Old Church Slavonic отьць (otĭcĭ) and Ancient Greek ἄττα (átta).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/, [ˈät̪ːä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈat.ta/, [ˈät̪ːä]
Noun
atta m (genitive attae); first declension
- father (term of respect for an old man)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | atta | attae |
| Genitive | attae | attārum |
| Dative | attae | attīs |
| Accusative | attam | attās |
| Ablative | attā | attīs |
| Vocative | atta | attae |
Descendants
- Sicilian: tatà
- Neapolitan: tatà (archaic) Neapolitan: attène (in Apulia)
References
- “atta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- atta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- atta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “atta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Old Frisian
Alternative forms
- aththa, atha, eththa
Etymology
Proto-West Germanic *attō (“father”).
Noun
atta m[1]
- father
Descendants
- North Frisian: ate, aatj, taatje, tääte
- West Frisian: heit
References
- von Richthofen, Karl (1840), “atha, atta, ettha”, in Altfriesisches Wörterbuch [Old Frisian Dictionary] (in German), Dieterich Göttingen, page 613
Old Swedish
Alternative forms
- ata, āta
Etymology
From Old Norse átta, from Proto-Germanic *ahtōu, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.
Numeral
ātta
- eight
Descendants
- Swedish: åtta
Pali
Alternative forms
- Alternative forms
- 𑀅𑀢𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
- अत्त (Devanagari script)
- অত্ত (Bengali script)
- අත්ත (Sinhalese script)
- အတ္တ or ဢတ္တ or ဢတ်တ (Burmese script)
- อตฺต or อัตตะ (Thai script)
- ᩋᨲ᩠ᨲ (Tai Tham script)
- ອຕ຺ຕ or ອັຕຕະ (Lao script)
- អត្ត (Khmer script)
- 𑄃𑄖𑄴𑄖 (Chakma script)
Noun
atta
- vocative singular of attan
Sicilian
Noun
atta f
- Alternative form of gatta
Turkish
Noun
atta
- singular locative of at
Yagara
Pronoun
atta
- I
References
- State Library of Queensland, ABORIGINAL LANGUAGES OF THE GREATER BRISBANE AREA, 16 March 2015.