パパ

See also: ババ and ばば

Japanese

Etymology

From English papa or German Papa.[1]

Also phonologically identical to Old Japanese はは (papa, “mother”).

Pronunciation

    Noun

    パパ • (papa) 

    1. (childish) papa, father
    2. (slang) prostitutional customer

    Coordinate terms

    References
    1. “パパ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
    2. 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
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