恁爸

Chinese

		that, like this, thus, so, such	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
trad. (恁爸)		恁	爸
simp. #(恁爸)		恁	爸
alternative forms		林北 Mandarin-based respelling 恁北 Mandarin-based respelling
Literally: “your father”.

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lín-pē / lím-pē / lín-pě / lín-pēe

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lín-pē
    • Tâi-lô: lín-pē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lynpe
    • IPA (Singapore): /lin⁴²⁻²⁴ pe²²/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe²²/
    • IPA (Tong'an): /lin³¹⁻²⁴ pe²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pe³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe³³/
  • (Hokkien: Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím-pē
    • Tâi-lô: lím-pē
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lympe
    • IPA (Singapore): /lim⁴²⁻²⁴ pe²²/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lín-pě
    • Tâi-lô: lín-pě
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pe²²/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lín-pēe
    • Tâi-lô: lín-pēe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ²²/

Note: lím-pē is due to assimilation.

Pronoun

恁爸

1. (Hokkien, men's speech, derogatory or humorous) I; me

   • 你共恁爸講予伊清楚。 [Hokkien, trad.]
     你共恁爸讲予伊清楚。 [Hokkien, simp.]

     From: 《台灣閩南語常用詞辭典》

     Lí kā lín-pē kóng hō͘ i chheng-chhó. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

     You say it to me clearly.

   • 恁爸講「恁爸」是恁爸的事，恁爸講「恁爸」還輪到你來講恁爸？ [MSC, trad.]
     恁爸讲「恁爸」是恁爸的事，恁爸讲「恁爸」还轮到你来讲恁爸？ [MSC, simp.]

     From: 2002, Jack Neo, I Not Stupid (spoken by Richard Low)

     Lín‐pē jiǎng “lín‐pē” shì lín‐pē de shì, lín‐pē jiǎng “lín‐pē” hái lúndào nǐ lái jiǎng lín‐pē? [Pinyin]

     It's my business if I want to say the word "Limpeh", since when do you have the right to comment on me? (An example of code-switching between Mandarin and Hokkien)

Usage notes

• In Hokkien, 恁老爸 (lín lāu-pē) refers to "your father" while 恁爸 (lín-pē) acts as another first person pronoun, usually used either arrogantly, jokingly, contemptuously, or when angry.

Synonyms

• (female equivalent) 恁母 (lín-bú), 恁祖媽／恁祖妈 (lín chó͘-má)
• (Mandarin) 老子 (lǎozi)
• (Gan) 爺老子／爷老子

Descendants

• → English: limpeh, lim peh, limpei

References

• “Entry #5965”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.