atã

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ata"

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• ate, eatã

Noun

atã f (plural ati or ate)

1. mother

   Synonym: dadã

Old Tupi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtã/
• Rhymes: -ã
• Hyphenation: a‧tã

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *atã (“strong, hard”).

Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní atã.

Adjective

atã (IIa class pluriform, R1 ratã, R2 satã)

1. strong (capable of producing great physical force)
   • c. 1585, Joseph of Anchieta, Na aldeia de Guaraparim [In the village of Guaraparim], Guarapari, page 162; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Orogûerasó korine, a'ekatu nde rupine. Xe posaká, xe ratã. Oroapek, oroesyne...

     I'm gonna take you today, be able to raise you. I'm brave, I'm strong. I'm gonna singe and roast you...

2. hard (difficult to break, cut or penetrate)
3. rigid, firm; stiff (hard to bend, inflexible)
4. (figurative) arduous
   • 16th century, Joseph of Anchieta, compiled by Eduardo de Almeida Navarro and Helder Perri Ferreira, Poemas: lírica portuguesa e tupi (Poetas do Brasil; 5), 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, published 2004, →ISBN, page 112:

     T'îasó maranatãûãme […] ?

     Must we go to the arduous war?

Adverb

atã

1. strongly; firmly (in a strong or powerful manner)

   Aîaratã i aoba.

   I graspped at his clothes firmly.

2. (figurative) harshly; severely

Noun

atã (IIa class pluriform, absolute tatã, R1 ratã, R2 satã) (possessable)

1. strength
   • c. 1583, Joseph of Anchieta, Auto de São Lourenço [Play of Saint Lawrence], Niterói, page 12; republished in Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, transl., compiled by Maria de Lourdes de Paula Martins, Teatro, 2nd edition, São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2006, →ISBN:

     Nd'a'eî te'e, nde ratãngatu resé ûiîekoka, ûiîerobîá

     For that reason I lean on your great strength, I trust.

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• atanhẽ

Adjective

atã (IIa class pluriform, R1 ratã, R2 satã)

1. straight (not crooked, curly, or bent)

Noun

atã (IIa class pluriform, absolute tatã, R1 ratã, R2 satã) (possessable)

1. straightness

References

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “atã”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil‎^[2] (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, pages 67–68