아빠
Korean edit
Etymology edit
아비 (abi, “father”) + 아 (-a, “hey”, vocative particle). The final /i/ in 아비 (abi) was dropped regularly; see Usage Notes in 이#noun suffix.
Korean colloquial family terms commonly stem from a fused vocative. See Category:Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠p͈a̠]
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- Phonetic hangul: [아빠]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | appa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | a'ppa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | appa |
| Yale Romanization? | a.ppa |
Noun edit
아빠 • (appa)
- (colloquial) dad, papa
- Synonyms: 아버지 (abeoji, “father”), 부친(父親) (buchin, “father”, formal), 부(父) (bu, “father”, legalistic)
- Coordinate term: 엄마 (eomma, “mom, mommy”)
- 그 가족은 아빠, 엄마, 두 아이, 이렇게 네 명입니다. ― Geu gajog-eun appa, eomma, du ai, ireoke ne myeong-imnida. ― There are four people in the family: a father, a mother, and two children.
Usage notes edit
| How do you refer to your male parent? | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age cohort | 16 to 25 | 26 to 35 | 36 to 45 | 46 to 55 | 56 to 65 | 65 or above |
| 아빠 (appa, “Dad”) | 60 respondents (87%) |
39 respondents (68%) |
19 respondents (58%) |
15 respondents (23%) |
0 respondents (0%) |
3 respondents (5%) |
| 아버지 (abeoji, “Father”) | 9 respondents (13%) |
18 respondents (32%) |
12 respondents (36%) |
48 respondents (75%) |
23 respondents (100%) |
50 respondents (93%) |
| Other | 0 respondents | 0 respondents | 2 respondents | 1 respondent | 0 respondents | 1 respondent |
Contrast with Usage Notes at 엄마 (eomma, “mom”).