See also: ババ and ばば

Japanese

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Etymology

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From English papa or German Papa.[1]

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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パパ (papa

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

Coordinate terms

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References

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  1. ^ パパ”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN