パパ
Japanese
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Etymology
[edit]From English papa or German Papa.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- (childish) papa, father
- Coordinate term: ママ (mama)
- (slang) prostitutional customer
- (VTuber fandom slang) model rigger (gender neutral)
- Coordinate term: ママ (mama)
Trivia
[edit]- Phonologically identical to Old Japanese はは (papa, “mother”) > modern Japanese Japanese はは (haha, “mother”).
References
[edit]- ^ “パパ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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