khà-sàng

Min Nan

Etymology

From Japanese お母さん (okāsan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ kʰa˥˧saŋ˨˩ ]

Noun

1. (Taiwan) mother

References

• 楊允言 (Iûⁿ Ún-giân), 鄭良偉 (Tēⁿ Liông-úi) et al., editors (2002), “Query for kha3-sang3”, in Tw-Ch台文中文辭典 [Taiwanese–Mandarin Dictionary] (overall work in Hokkien and Mandarin).
• “Entry #31061”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.