小父さん

Japanese

Kanji in this term
小	父
Grade: 1	Grade: 2

Etymology

From 小 (o, "little" or "nice") + 父 (ji, "father") + さん (san, honorific suffix)(Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おじさん [òjísáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
IPA^(key): [o̞ʑisã̠ɴ]

Noun

小父(おじ)さん • (ojisan) ^{←をぢさん (wodisan)^?}

man; Mister, Uncle (used vocatively)

Descendants

→ Hokkien: 歐吉桑／欧吉桑 (o͘-jí-sáng)
→ Mandarin: 歐吉桑／欧吉桑 (ōujísāng)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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