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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.
Papa is a word used in many languages as an affectionate term for father. Papa or PAPA may refer to: Geography and geology. Papa, Samoa, a village on the island of ...
Father and child. A father is the male parent of a child.Besides the paternal bonds of a father to his children, the father may have a parental, legal, and social relationship with the child that carries with it certain rights and obligations.
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 VACTERL association (also VATER association, and less accurately VACTERL syndrome) refers to a recognized group of birth defects which tend to co-occur (see below). This pattern is a recognized association, as opposed to a syndrome , because there is no known pathogenetic cause to explain the grouped incidence.
Vater (/ ˈ f ɑː t ər /) means "father" in German. It is also a surname. It may refer to: Abraham Vater, a German anatomist Ampulla of Vater, an anatomic area named after Abraham Vater; VACTERL association, sometimes called VATER syndrome, a group of congenital anomalies; Christian Vater (organ builder), a German organ and harpsichord builder
The term "pope" comes from the Latin "papa", and from the Greek πάππας [5] (pappas, which is an affectionate word for "father"). [6] This is the most famous title associated with the bishop of Rome, being used in protocol, documents, and signatures.
In spite of their joint efforts Rangi and Papa remain close together in their loving embrace. After many attempts Tāne, god of forests and birds, forces his parents apart. Instead of standing upright and pushing with his hands as his brothers have done, he lies on his back and pushes with his strong legs.