Tata

[Michael Mccafferty]

My guess would be that it is simply English 'dada' with devoiced
consonants.

:)

On Fri, 5 Nov 1999, [iso-8859-1] Kerry Velazquez wrote:

> Can anyone tell me whether "tata", meaning "daddy",
> comes directly from the classical nahuatl "tahtli"
> (father), or from Spanish?
> I have always assumed that "tata" is a diminutive of
> "tahtli", but I have recently been told that "tata"
> has the same meaning in Spain. Is this just a
> co-incidence or is there a reason?
>
> Kerry Velazquez
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