o͘-bá-sáng

o͘-bá-sáng

Min Nan

trad.	歐巴桑
simpl.	欧巴桑

Etymology

From Japanese お婆(ばあ)さん (obāsan) or おばさん (obasan).

Pronunciation

• (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: o͘-bá-sáng
  • Tâi-lô: oo-bá-sáng
  • Phofsit Daibuun: o'bafsarng
  • IPA (Taipei): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ba⁵³⁻⁴⁴ saŋ⁵³/
  • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ ba⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ saŋ⁴¹/

Noun

o͘-bá-sáng (POJ, traditional 歐巴桑, simplified 欧巴桑)

1. (Taiwan) grandma; old woman

References

• “o͘-bá-sáng”, in Tai-gi Hôa-gí Sòaⁿ-téng Sû-tián (台語-華語線頂辭典)‎ (in Mandarin/Min Nan), accessed 2011-12-12
• “Entry #31109”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.