aita

Etymology
Onomatopoetic nursery-word, attested since the 15th century; compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) father
 * 2) priest, father
 * 3) author
 * 1) author

Pronunciation




Etymology
From, possibly from. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) fence
 * 2) (low) wall

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) fence

Etymology
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  fence

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) we

Etymology
From, from , (cf. ) with an extra syllable tā. The original meaning was thus “goer, one that goes (around),” a common source of words for “sheep” (cf. Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian, a borrowing from Proto-Turkic ). An alternative theory, which derives aita from the diminutive of dated  is less likely to be correct, since the avi > ai change would be irregular. Cognates include 🇨🇬 (feminine), (masculine), 🇨🇬, Russian dialectal  (from  < ), 🇨🇬 (lit. “goer, one that goes”).

Noun

 * 1) sheep esp. ; generic word

Usage notes
The term is more frequent than, both as a generic and as the specific name of the female.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1)  dad