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Mama and papa use speech sounds that are among the easiest to produce: bilabial consonants like /m/, /p/, and /b/, and the open vowel /a/.They are, therefore, often among the first word-like sounds made by babbling babies (babble words), and parents tend to associate the first sound babies make with themselves and to employ them subsequently as part of their baby-talk lexicon.
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The exact meaning of the element ab (אב) or abi (אבי) in Hebrew personal names (such as Ab-ram, Ab-i-ram, Ah-ab, Jo-ab) is a matter of dispute. The identity of the -i- with the first person pronominal suffix (as in Adona -i), changing "father" to "my father", is uncertain; it might also be simply a connecting vowel.
The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father') [ 2 ] [ 3 ] is the bishop of Rome and the visible head [ a ] of the worldwide Catholic Church . He is also known as the supreme pontiff , [ b ] Roman pontiff , [ c ] or sovereign pontiff .
Pope Gregory VII (r. 1073–1085) ordered that the title "pope" be reserved exclusively for the Bishop of Rome. Unknown manuscript from the 11th century. The term "pope" comes from the Latin "papa", and from the Greek πάππας [5] (pappas, which is an affectionate word for "father"). [6]
Archi-: meaning "superior" or "boss". Chondro-: meaning "fat". Gero-: meaning "old" or "wise". Hadji-: the Arabic honorific for one who has made the Hadj or pilgrimage, used in the case of Christians for a voyage to Jerusalem, for example "Hatzipanagis". Kara-: from the Turkish word for "black", [12] for example "Karatasos". In Ottoman Turkish ...
The basic kinship terms mama and papa comprise a special case of false cognates; many languages share words of similar form and meaning for these kinship terms, but due to common processes of language acquisition rather than relatedness of the languages.
Papandrea is a surname of of Greek/Italian origin, present mostly in south Italy and countries with significant italian settlements such as The United States of America, Brazil, Australia and Argentina In etymologycal terms, it is believed to derivate from the vocables “papa” (meaning father/priest) and “Andreas” ( a personal name, equivalent to Andrew in English-speaking countries ...