Matching Names
Found 1 matching names:T
| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| Name | ☼ | European | Old Spelling | |||
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| ▸ | Taatsiaq | N | Taitsiaĸ | |||
| The name derives from the word taasaq (the mentioned one). A popular explanation of the name is that it possibly comes from the forms taatsiisaq or taatsiigaq (the one whom one has held back to mention (name)). Perhaps due to the fact that there were no deaths in the community for an extended period to be named after. The name is common in the Thule region and has spread to other regions in Greenland in recent years. Taatsiaq could also be an endearment term, an alternative form of address due to ritual name avoidance (taboo), although a baby had been born and named after a deceased family/community member, and could thereby mean. ‘the fancied mention’, carefully not mentioning the name, but expressing endearment nevertheless, because the child was named after a deceased relative. The name might be related to the word atsiaq (the one named after a deceased person), which often also is used as a personal name, or even simplifed as a hypocoristic word taa(nna)tsiaq (the dear, sweet one). Other possible cognates (common origins): Tailaq means human in shamans language, while Tailaitsiaq means not real human. (Rosing: Angakkortalissuit 1, 1957:94) Tailaq means (in West Hudson’s Bay, Canada): simple name, unreal, nominal. | ||||||