パパ
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Japanese
Etymology
From English papa or German Papa.
Also phonologically identical to Old Japanese はは (papa, “mother”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Coordinate terms
- ママ (mama)
References
- ^ “パパ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- ^ 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), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN