LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.10.03 (09) [E]

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From: Anja Meyfarth <AMeyfarth at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2002.09.27 (07) [E]

Hello Lowlanders,

Gary wrote (already some time ago):

> If your interested, Romanian has 'mamä' and 'tatä'
> (written here with the wrong final accent, because I
> don't have the appropriate one on my keyboard) as
> standard words for mother and father, which has led to
> the rare state of a masculine word (tatä) ending in
> -ä.

and Ron answered:

> Thus, it is _mama_ 'mother' and _tata_ 'father', pronounced
> somewhat like Yiddish _mame_ and _tate_, which I assume are derived from
> them.

"Tate" is known in North Frisian dialects too, I don`t know where it comes
from. Theory seems to be that it is baby-speech, _t_ being one of the first
sounds litle children can produce.

Greetings from Kiel,

Anja Meyfarth

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