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Or the informal Mom and Pop.

In Thai Mom is "Mehh", an M + an a as in "bag".
Dad is "Paw" as in a dog's paw.

2007-01-12 19:15:52 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Languages

I thank everybody for their answers.

What I noticed is that in many languages, even those not related, mother has a "M" and dad has a "P,B" (both closely pronounced) or a "T".

Maybe infants use a "M" sound first. Don't know, just theorizing.

2007-01-15 17:50:31 · update #1

For those of you that answered in foreign writing, how the hell am I supposed to know?

2007-01-15 17:53:30 · update #2

23 answers

Anne - mother
Baba - father

Tis is Turkish. Informally or formally, we call them the same.

2007-01-12 19:24:29 · answer #1 · answered by Earthling 7 · 4 0

Okasan Onisan+Mother and father or HaHa ChiChi=Mother and Father In Japanese. The first two are formal for when you are talking with other like Watashiwa Okasan Kireii desu. My mother is pretty. Or if you are adressing your mother or father formally. It really depends. Ha Ha and ChiChi are more of a hey mom or hey dad. It is okay to use Okasan and Onisan any time but HaHa and ChiChi not always...

2007-01-13 03:27:18 · answer #2 · answered by WINGS 4 · 0 0

English: Mother Father
Spaish: Madre Padre
Japaneese: 母 父
Chineese: 母親 父親
German: Mutter Vater
Brazilian: Mãe Pai
French: Mère Père
Italian: Madre Padre
Dutch: Moeder Vader
Swedish: Fostra Fader
Pig Latin (maybe): othermay atherfay
Greek: Μητέρα Πατέρας
Arabic: أم أب
Russian: Мать Отец
Korean: 어머니 아버지

2007-01-13 04:21:48 · answer #3 · answered by Penelope 5 · 3 0

Language Mom Dad
Norwegian Mor Far
Spanish Madre Padre
Sanskrit Mata Baba(I think)
Italian Mamma Papa (I think)
That's all I got! :D

2007-01-13 03:21:20 · answer #4 · answered by High On Life 5 · 0 0

Russian: Mama and Papa
Hebrew: Ima and Abah
Georgian: Deda and Mama

2007-01-14 21:17:40 · answer #5 · answered by Y K 1 · 0 0

In indonesian
Mum is Ibu
Dad is Ayah.

2007-01-13 03:40:13 · answer #6 · answered by AnnaDaAngel 3 · 0 0

FORMAL

French: mère et père
Latin: mater et pater
Spanish: madre y padre
Portuguese: mãe e cria
Italian: madre e padre
Romanian: mamă şi tată
German: mutter und zeugt
Dutch: moeder en vader
Swedish: moder och fader
Danish: moder og fader
Norwegian: mor og far
Icelandic: móðir og faðir
Slovenian: mati ter pater
Russian: мать и отец
Polish: matka i ojciec
Bulgarian: майка и баща
Hungarian: anya és apa
Serbian: majka pa otac
Greek: μητέρα και πατέρας
Turkish: ana ve baba
Welsh: fam a dadogi
Arabic: الأم والأب
Japanese: 令堂 又 父親
Korean: 어머니 아버지

2007-01-13 09:12:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

Philippines, in Tagalog it is Tatay (faher) Nanay (mother)
in Kapampangan Tatang (father), Ima (mother)

2007-01-13 03:20:18 · answer #8 · answered by trykindness 5 · 0 0

Mother=Mutter (kids say Mutti)
Mom=Mama (kids use Mami often)
Father=Vater (kids version is Vati)
Dad=Papa (kids call him Papi)

2007-01-13 13:15:33 · answer #9 · answered by tine 4 · 0 0

Just to add to the many fine answers:
Hebrew: Ima v'abba.
Mexican slang: Jefa y jefe.
More standard Spanish: Mama y papa.
(Madre is shunned because it is used in
too many rude phrases.)

2007-01-13 14:02:59 · answer #10 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 0 1

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