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Etymology
From the accusative, compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative ta, from , accusative plural of (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬).

Older and dialectal varieties retain ablative, from a + , from , locative of (compare 🇨🇬).

Pronoun

 * 1) they


 * 1)  it

Etymology
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) father

Noun

 * 1) rice bran

Interjection

 * 1)  I told you already!

Etymology 3
.

Adverb

 * 1) perhaps

Noun

 * 1) squid ink

Noun

 * 1) cave

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  ancestor
 * 2)  father
 * 3) male
 * 1) male
 * 1) male

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Preposition

 * 1) until, till, up to

Verb

 * 1)  to make dirty

Etymology 1
From, cognate with 🇨🇬

Noun

 * 1) father

Verb

 * 1) see

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) father (in Latin)

Verb

 * 1) see

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) person
 * 2) servant

Noun

 * 1)  eye

Noun

 * 1) roof

Noun

 * 1)  eye

Noun

 * 1) coconut

Noun

 * 1) octopus or squid ink

Noun

 * 1) shadow
 * 2) morning

Noun

 * 1) grandparent

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Etymology
From Pre-Nauruan *ita, possibly from. Compare Proto-Central Micronesian *-itaki "counter for tens".

Numeral

 * 1) ten

Noun

 * 1) fire

Etymology
From, from , from , from , from.

Etymology 1
From, from.

Noun

 * 1) quarrel
 * 2) a hunting

Etymology 2
From.

Verb

 * 1) to stimulate
 * 2) to egg on (to mischief)

Etymology
From, from.

Noun

 * 1)  duck

Etymology 1
.

Noun

 * 1) minute record of meeting

Etymology
Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1) to increase, to multiply

Particle

 * : may; perhaps; I think

Determiner

 * 1) our; my and your

Pronoun

 * 1)  ours; of the two of us
 * 2)  (to) the two of us

Noun

 * 1) cloud

Noun

 * 1)  chest

Verb

 * 1)  to bring

Etymology 1
From.

Determiner

 * 1)  my

Usage notes

 * ata is commonly used in place of to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

Etymology 2
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) image, shape
 * 2) daybreak, dawn
 * 3) picture, photograph
 * 4) diagram, scheme
 * 5) reflection
 * 6) film, movie

Verb

 * 1)  to be visible
 * 2)  to become understood

Etymology 3
From. Cognates include 🇨🇬.

Particle

 * 1) ; be able to

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  grandparent

Etymology 1
From. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) ancestor, forefather
 * 2) predecessor, forerunner
 * 3)  father

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) roof

Alternative forms

 * (Ìlàjẹ, Ìkálẹ̀, Ọ̀wọ̀)
 * (Ào, Èkìtì)

Etymology
From, cognate with 🇨🇬

Noun

 * 1) pepper, spice

Interjection

 * 1)  look here!, let me see!, well then!

Related terms

 * (look!)

Noun

 * 1) beyond
 * 2) over