Protoform: *dadV
Meaning: 1 father 2 daddy
Avar: dadá 2
Chadakolob: dedé 1
Andian language: dada 2
Akhvakh: dada 2
Chamalal: dad 2
Comments: A "nursery word", widely spread as a term of endearment in Av.-Andian languages. Cf. also Cham. Gig. dadi 'daddy', ima-dadi 'grandfather' (lit. "father's daddy"). An Andian (or Avar) source is also probable for Inkh. dada 'daddy' (in Tsezian the root is not used except in Inkh.). Without reduplication cf. Av. áda 'aunt'.
