See also: ババ and ばば

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Etymology edit

From English papa or German Papa.[1]

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

パパ (papa

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

Coordinate terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ パパ”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten)[1] (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