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Someone lights up a fire and tells the other person (reading from the
situation) to get warm by the fire:

> あたんなはれ

んなはれ is Kansai-ben for imperative なりなさい, but where does the first part come
from?

Is it shortened from 暖かくなりなさい? If so why the second た of あたた is lost?

Or is it another verb/word? It looks more like a shortened あたりなさい, but this
does not make sense to me in the context.
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Is あたんなはれ in Kansai-ben "get yourself warm"? What verb does it come from?
The first part comes from 「当{あ}たる」, meaning "to warm oneself".

We say: 「火{ひ}に当たる」、「ストーブに当たる」 , etc.

You may have heard phrases such as:

「日当{ひあ}たりのいい部屋{へや}」 ("a sunny room")

「高{たか}いビルの北側｛きたがわ｝の日当たりの悪｛わる｝い家｛いえ｝」 ("a house on the north side of a tall
building that gets little sunshine")

Finally, IMHO, all the important words are used in children's songs, not in
J-pop or J-rock. Here is a song named 「たき火{び}」, in which this 「当たる」 is used
multiple times.

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9wgi2SlsJA>
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Just to clarify, I think you have things confused, あたん part does not come from
暖{あたた}かく, but as l'électeur 「当｛あ｝たる」. So there always only one 「た」.

Now onto the Kansai ben part or should I say mainly around Kyoto, 「何々しなはれ」 can
be used like this,

> 食べなはれ ＝ 食べなさい ＝ Eat
>
> 寝なはれ ＝ 寝なさい ＝ Sleep

Using this 「なはれ」 表現 is a bit softer sounding than 「なさい」

This is different sort of Kansai ben, from a different region,

> 食べよし ＝ 食べなさい ＝ Eat
>
> 寝よし ＝ 寝なさい ＝ Sleep
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