母
/ha̠ha̠/
JAPONCA → TR
Tanım
•mother
Etimoloji
From Old Japanese papa, in turn traced to Proto-Japonic *papa. /haha/: */papa/ → /fafa/ → /fawa/ → /fafa/ → /haha/. First cited to a portion of the Shoku Nihongi dated to 729, with the phonetic spelling 婆婆 (papa). Medial /f/ [ɸ] regularly changes to /w/ [ɰᵝ], resulting in /fawa/ → /hawa/, the expected final form; see hawa below. This form first appears in the Heian period. However, likely due to…