Arpa Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 In another thread we spoke about “mayrig/myrik” and “mommy”. Let’s play a game. Let’s see how many forms we can come up with, relating to ‘mom and pop ’, be it in Armenian or any of the languages that we may be familiar with. I’ll start. Mamik - tatik….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 metsmam - metspap (do only PA's use these forms?? Elsewhere I keep hearing tatik - papik) mam - pap mama - papa anti - khnam --> oops that's not related to mom. I do think they're hilarious though. Khnam Maryam, Gyözal anti (these two were actually among the colorful inhabitants of Jugha. Should make a thread about that). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Mom and pop Hey Arpa did you mean!!!!! Rum and coke? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakachik77 Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Did you know that Georgians are the only people in the world who have it reversed. Mom=Dedi Dad=Momi Dedi in fact has been widely used by Georgian Armenians and is used in for example "Pepo". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 her mer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 (edited) Khayr Kher Nana Nan Metsmer Metsher Edited July 29, 2006 by Zartonk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 I call my grandparents "amama" and "apapa" ... not sure if it's just a barskahye thing or not since all my Haykahye friends call theirs "dadik and "papik". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Hayqahye...! Bravo Sip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Now the real challenge: how do you say great-grandmother/father in Armenian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armenak Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Now the real challenge: how do you say great-grandmother/father in Armenian? Մեծմեծմայրի՛կ և մեծմեծհայրի՛կ: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 I know that great-grandchild is the specific tsor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sip Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 (edited) Hayqahye...! Bravo Sip! I really didn't know what else to call them. Nairi, in our extended family usually they refer to the grand-grandma as "metso" ... don't know of any great grandfather though. One thing which I forgot to say, we (brothers) called our grandfather on the mom's side "apapa" while the grandfather on the dad's side was "apupapa" or "apu" for short. I have no idea how these came to be in our family and whether or not I had anything to do with it as a very young child (I'm the oldest). Edited July 30, 2006 by Sip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Don't know about the apapa, but apu- is supposed to mean "great-". Aputatik, apupapik. It may also mean grand-. In Haiq, I believe great- is mets-, as in metsmam/metspap. Metso must be an abbreviation of metsmam/pap. In my dialect, both great- and grand- are mets-. My grandmother now is a metsmam on two counts. Armenak, you serious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zartonk Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 In Haiq, I believe great- is mets-, as in metsmam/metspap So nairi, would that make great-grandfather/mother metstatik and metspapik? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nairi Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 (edited) So nairi, would that make great-grandfather/mother metstatik and metspapik? Don't know.. I only know that the Hayastancis that I have heard use mestmam/metspap for great-grandmother/father, and tatik/papik for the grandparents. I've never heard metstatik, but it may well exist.. Edited July 30, 2006 by nairi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraHye Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 (edited) So nairi, would that make great-grandfather/mother metstatik and metspapik? Yes that's what we used to call our great grandfather and great grandmother from my moms side and metshiyrik and metmiyrik from my dads side. Edited July 31, 2006 by ExtraHye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 api nani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Don't know about the apapa, but apu- is supposed to mean "great-". Aputatik, apupapik. It may also mean grand-. In Haiq, I believe great- is mets-, as in metsmam/metspap. Metso must be an abbreviation of metsmam/pap. In my dialect, both great- and grand- are mets-. My grandmother now is a metsmam on two counts. Armenak, you serious? please see my previous entry ('api'/ապի for father, thus 'apu'/ապու -> father's)... so, could it be that since he was from sip's father's side, that's why they called him apupapa? in general, though, the word 'apupap'/'apupaper'/ապուպապ/ապուպապեր is used to mean ancestors/նախնիներ... i wonder how much does that have to do with 'abu' of the arabic language? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 dede nene for grandparents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExtraHye Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 (edited) dede nene for grandparents... I thought Western Armenians say that. Edited July 31, 2006 by ExtraHye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 Now the real challenge: how do you say great-grandmother/father in Armenian? have heard 'metspap'/մեծպապ and 'metstat'/մեծտատ... also, 'nane'/նանե for great-grandmother... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harut Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 I thought Western Armenians say that. yes, my father and his sublings used to call that to their WA-speaking grandparents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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