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haha is Chinese, so also a "loan" word
by rizzaxc 3y ago
haha is Chinese, so also a "loan" word
- wodenokoto 3y agoWiktionary seems to disagree, saying it’s a Japanese origin word. https://ja.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/はは https://ja.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/はは At least in modern mandarin mom is “ma”, but Chinese has so many dialects …
- numpad0 3y agoThe literary character 母 is Chinese, spoken word はは is not, and some believe old pronunciation was closer to papa.
- naniwaduni 3y agoBonus: ちち covers both titty and daddy. Food for thought. And babies too, I guess.