father ancestor 42 realizations Multi-area
NEW Realization 1 (ID: 46114)
type Polysemy
language Akkadian
lexeme abum
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor, forefather
reference CAD
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 2 (ID: 12758)
type Derivation
language Ancient Greek
lexeme 1 πᾰτήρ
lexeme 2 πατέρες (pl.)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference LSJ
comment
NEW Realization 3 (ID: 46116)
type Polysemy
language Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
lexeme bābā (ܒܵܒܵܐ)
meaning 1 (colloquial) father; dad, daddy, papa
direction
meaning 2 (chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor
reference <personally collected data>
comment

Sureth Dictionary https://www.assyrianlanguages.org/sureth/dosearch.php?searchkey=11707&language=id 

ACCEPTED Realization 4 (ID: 12990)
type Derivation
language Azerbaijani
lexeme 1 ata
lexeme 2 atalar
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors atalar deyiblər
ancestors spoke
reference Azərbaycanca-rusca lüǧet 2006: 1, 161
comment
NEW Realization 5 (ID: 19868)
type Derivation
language Batsbi
lexeme 1 dad, dād
lexeme 2 dadi
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 (pl.) ancestors
reference Mikeladze, Gigashvili 2012: 176
comment
NEW Realization 6 (ID: 46115)
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme ʔab (أَب)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor, forefather
reference Lane
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 7 (ID: 12894)
type Derivation
language Dutch
lexeme 1 vader
lexeme 2 vaderen
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Mironov 1987: 733
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 8 (ID: 12775)
type Derivation
language English
lexeme 1 father
lexeme 2 fathers
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference ODE
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 9 (ID: 12815)
type Polysemy
language Evenki
lexeme амты̄л (amtӯl)
meaning 1 fathers
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Boldyrev 2000: 1, 35
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 10 (ID: 12913)
type Derivation
language Finnish
lexeme 1 isä
lexeme 2 isät
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Vahros, Ščerbakov 2007: 157
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 11 (ID: 12826)
type Derivation
language Gagauz
lexeme 1 ата
lexeme 2 аталар
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Gajdarži et al. 1973: 57
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 12 (ID: 12890)
type Derivation
language German
lexeme 1 Vater
lexeme 2 Väter
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Moskal'skaja (ed.) 2001
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 13 (ID: 12861)
type Polysemy
language Guarani
lexeme tuva
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Jover Peralta, Osuna 1950: 153
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 14 (ID: 12812)
type Polysemy
language Hausa
lexeme uba
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 great grandfather
reference Ol'derogge ed. 1963: 367
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 15 (ID: 12899)
type Polysemy
language Hindi
lexeme pitri
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Beskrovnyj 1959: 702
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 16 (ID: 12926)
type Derivation
language Hungarian
lexeme 1 atya
lexeme 2 atyák (pl.)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Gal’di 1987: 58
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 17 (ID: 12885)
type Polysemy
language Irish Gaelic
lexeme athair
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Ó Dónaill 1977
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 18 (ID: 12909)
type Derivation
language Italian
lexeme 1 padre
lexeme 2 padri
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors seguire l'esempio dei padri
follow the example of the fathers
reference Zor'ko et al. 2002: 612
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 19 (ID: 12832)
type Polysemy
language Karachay-Balkar
lexeme ата
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Tenišev, Sujunčev 1985: 85
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 20 (ID: 12829)
type Polysemy
language Kazakh
lexeme ата (ata)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor ата-мұра
heratage of ancestors
reference Bektaev 1995: 60
comment
NEW Realization 21 (ID: 51572)
type Polysemy
language Khoekhoe
lexeme ʔȁ.wó
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 forefather
reference Comparative Khoe-Kwadi
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 22 (ID: 12854)
type Polysemy
language Kichwa
lexeme yaya
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Chimbo Aguinda et al. 2007: 227
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 23 (ID: 17138)
type Polysemy
language Kui
lexeme āba
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Winfield Kui Vocabulary: 1
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 24 (ID: 12818)
type Polysemy
language Kyrghyz
lexeme ата (ata)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference ESTJA: 1, 200-201
comment Also Karaim, Karakalpak, Uyghur, Altai
ACCEPTED Realization 25 (ID: 12759)
type Derivation
language Latin
lexeme 1 pater
lexeme 2 patres
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Glare: 1307
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 26 (ID: 12895)
type Derivation
language Modern Greek
lexeme 1 πατέρας
lexeme 2 πατέρες
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Xorikov, Malev 1993: 610
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 27 (ID: 12903)
type Derivation
language Osetin
lexeme 1 фыд
lexeme 2 фыдӕлтӕ (pl.)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors мӕ фыдӕлтӕ зӕхх
land of my ancestors
reference Abaev: 1, 488
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 28 (ID: 12824)
type Polysemy
language Oyrot
lexeme ада
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Baskakov, Toščakova 1947: 12
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 29 (ID: 12920)
type Derivation
language Portuguese
lexeme 1 pai
lexeme 2 pais
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Feerštejn, Starec 2005: 592
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 30 (ID: 12852)
type Polysemy
language Quechua
lexeme tayta, tata
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference AMLQ: 616, 619
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 31 (ID: 12902)
type Derivation
language Romani
lexeme 1 дад
lexeme 2 дада
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Demeter, Demeter 1990: 61
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 32 (ID: 12924)
type Derivation
language Russian
lexeme 1 отец
lexeme 2 отцы
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor Много поколений назад наши отцы заселили просторы Сибири
Many generations ago, our fathers settled in the vastness of Siberia
reference <personally collected data>
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 33 (ID: 12898)
type Polysemy
language Sanskrit
lexeme 1 pitṛ́
lexeme 2 pitáraḥ (pl.)
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference MW
comment
NEW Realization 34 (ID: 25192)
type Polysemy
language Serbian
lexeme отац (otac)
meaning 1 father

Oženjen, otac dvoje dece.


Married, father of two children.

direction
meaning 2 ancestor

Kao što su pre naši oci primili krštenje od svetoga Petra.


As before our ancestors received baptism from St. Peter.

reference CLARIN.SI Vujanitsh et al. 2007: 895
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 35 (ID: 12916)
type Polysemy
language Spanish
lexeme padre
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference DRAE
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 36 (ID: 12794)
type Polysemy
language Swahili
lexeme baba
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Polikanov: Rechenbach 1967, 19
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 37 (ID: 13956)
type Polysemy
language Tamil
lexeme muṉṉōṉ
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Tamil lexicon: 3308
comment Cf. Gaṇeśa, god, predecessor, ancestor, father, elder brother;
ACCEPTED Realization 38 (ID: 12847)
type Polysemy
language Tojolabal
lexeme tat, tatal
meaning 1 father san jtat
Good morning, Dad
direction
meaning 2 ancestor ja jnan jtatik ‘ajyi wa sna’awe’ ju’un.
Our ancestors knew how to read and write.
reference Lenkersdorf 2010: 553
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 39 (ID: 12779)
type Derivation
language Turkish
lexeme 1 baba
lexeme 2 babalarımız
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors (lit. our fathers)
reference Jusipova 2005
comment
NEW Realization 40 (ID: 27408)
type Derivation
language Udihe
lexeme 1 абŷ
lexeme 2 абŷӡига
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestors
reference Simonov, Kyalundzyuga 1998: 84
comment
NEW Realization 41 (ID: 27439)
type Derivation
language Udihe
lexeme 1 ама
lexeme 2 амаӡига
meaning 1 (folkor) father
direction
meaning 2 paternal ancestors
reference Simonov, Kyalundzyuga 1998: 116
comment
ACCEPTED Realization 42 (ID: 12862)
type Polysemy
language Vietnamese
lexeme cha
meaning 1 father
direction
meaning 2 ancestor
reference Ošanin, Vũ Đăng Ất 1961: 85
comment