ватӑ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vata"

Chuvash

Etymology

Borrowed from Mongolic.[1][2] Compare Mongolian өтөл (ötöl, “old”) and Mongolian өтгөс (ötgös, “elders”).

Noun

ватӑ • (vat̬ă) (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural ватӑсем) 

  1. an elderly person:
    1. old woman
      Synonym: карчӑк (karč̬ăk)
    2. old man

Adjective

ватӑ • (vat̬ă)

  1. old (of people)
    Antonyms: ҫамрӑк (śamrăk), яш (jaš)
  2. ancient
  3. great-
    ватӑ асанне ― vat̬ă as̬anne ― paternal great-grandmother
    ватӑ асатте ― vat̬ă as̬atte ― paternal great-grandfather
    ватӑ кукамай ― vat̬ă kuk̬amaj ― maternal great-grandmother
    ватӑ кукаҫей ― vat̬ă kuk̬aś̬ej ― maternal great-grandfather

Alternative forms

  • ват (vat) — when used attributively

References

  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996), “ватӑ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, pages 102-103
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964), “ватӑ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 47

Further reading

  • “ватӑ”, in Электронлӑ сӑмахсар [Elektronlă s̬ămahsar]‎[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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