Talk:아빠

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Derivation

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eomma and appa sound like they come from Hebrew "ima" (mom) "abba" (dad), just thought this might be added — This unsigned comment was added by 74.7.165.189 (talk) at 18:23, 15 March 2020‎ (UTC).Reply

"m" and "b" are some of the earliest sounds that babies are able to make, so words for things important to them tend to have those sounds (and similar sounds such as "p"), in languages throughout the world. Chuck Entz (talk) 20:35, 15 March 2020 (UTC)Reply