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rizzaxc
1018 days ago
haha is Chinese, so also a "loan" word
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numpad0
1018 days ago
The literary character 母 is Chinese, spoken word はは is not, and some believe old pronunciation was closer to papa.
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naniwaduni
1018 days ago
Bonus: ちち covers both titty and daddy. Food for thought. And babies too, I guess.
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wodenokoto
1018 days ago
Wiktionary seems to disagree, saying it’s a Japanese origin word.
https://ja.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/はは
At least in modern mandarin mom is “ma”, but Chinese has so many dialects …
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