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Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.
Probably ultimately from baby-talk and related to teat, tit. Possibly borrowed through French tette, of Germanic origin, and/or 古期英語 titt. Compare Dutch tiet and German Zitze.
From Proto-Italic *tata, from Proto-Indo-European *tata-, ultimately onomatopoeic, mimicking baby talk.
Compare the similar atta, and also Cornish tat, tas, Breton tad, Ancient Greek τατᾶ (tatâ), τέττα (tétta), Bulgarian та́тко (tátko), Sanskrit तात (tāta), Kamkata-viri tót, tó, Tregami tát, Waigali tati.
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tata | tatae |
Genitive | tatae | tatārum |
Dative | tatae | tatīs |
Accusative | tatam | tatās |
Ablative | tatā | tatīs |
Vocative | tata | tatae |
to speak with a provincial accent
a silkworm
his
むら
a village
がってんだ
Okey-dokes
a trumpet
you
おおわれる
enveloped
of something under discussion, that which has just been made mention of
he―she
ウアカリ類
uakaris
yes
uj
a trumpet
パタス
ふた
あご
かま
むら
a village
tetras
ぱかり
wrasses
the drawer