aia² affectionate address term, used by an elderly person, to a young [...]

Part of Speech	interjection
Phonetic Form	aia
Tanema Equivalent	ape
Lovono Equivalent	aia

• • affectionate address term, used by an elderly person, to a young man who has children – including to his own son. Sometimes a child's name is mentioned

  Literally

  father!

  • • Example 118:
      

      Awis pine, aia!

      Thanks a lot, my dear! [lit. father!]

    • Example 119:
      

      Mobo wako, ai' ie Womtelo!

      Good morning, father of Womtelo!

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • aia¹ father / classificatory father: any male member of the parental generation (F, FB, FZH, MZH…) except the maternal uncle (MB = gea)