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1 SISTER
nésa (þ; older form néþa cited), colloquially also nettë (probably netti-); the latter word was also used in children's play for "fourth finger" or "fourth toe" (or in two-handed play for the ninth digit). Different words for "sister" occur in the Etymologies: seler (Þ) (pl. selli), onómë, onónë; SISTER (usually not of bloodkinship) osellë (Þ) (associate) –VT47:10-12, 14, THEL, NŌ -
2 DADDY
(affectionate form of "father"): atto, atya (these words are also used in children's play for "thumb" or "big toe"). The form tatanya in UT:191 seems to mean *"my daddy". –ATA, VT47:10, 26, VT48:4; atya is a reduced form of atanya "my father". -
3 MUMMY
(affectionate form of "mother") emmë, emya (for emenya *"my mother"), also emil(inya) "(my) mother", said to be the terms a child would use to address his or her mother. (In UT:191 the form mamil occurs, used by a child but not in address.) The words emmë, emya were also used in children's play for "index finger" and "index toe" –VT47:10, 26, VT48:4
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