小父さん

Japanese
Kanji in this term
小 父
Grade: 1 Grade: 2

Etymology

From 小 (o, "little" or "nice") + 父 (ji, "father") + さん (san, honorific suffix)(Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) おじさん [òjísáń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ʑisã̠ɴ]

Noun

小父(おじ)さん • (ojisan) ←をぢさん (wodisan)?

  1. man; Mister, Uncle (used vocatively)

Descendants
  • → Min Nan: 歐吉桑／欧吉桑 (o͘-jí-sáng) (Taiwanese)

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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