パパ
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Japanese
Etymology
From English papa or German Papa.[1]
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] (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