恁爸

Chinese

		that, like this, thus, so, such	father; dad; pa father; dad; pa; papa
trad. (恁爸)		恁	爸
simp. ^#(恁爸)		恁	爸
alternative forms		林北 Mandarin-based respelling 恁北 Mandarin-based respelling
Literally: “your father”.

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): lín-pē / lím-pē / lín-pě / lín-pēe

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Tong'an, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lín-pē
  - Tâi-lô: lín-pē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lynpe
  - IPA (Singapore): /lin⁴²⁻²⁴ pe²²/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe²²/
  - IPA (Tong'an): /lin³¹⁻²⁴ pe²²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /lin⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pe³³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pe³³/
- (Hokkien: Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lím-pē
  - Tâi-lô: lím-pē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lympe
  - IPA (Singapore): /lim⁴²⁻²⁴ pe²²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lín-pě
  - Tâi-lô: lín-pě
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lin⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ pe²²/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lín-pēe
  - Tâi-lô: lín-pēe
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /lin⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pɛ²²/

Note: lím-pē is due to assimilation.

Pronoun

恁爸

(Min Nan, male, derogatory or humorous) I; me
你共恁爸講予伊清楚。 [Hokkien, trad.]
你共恁爸讲予伊清楚。 [Hokkien, simp.]
From: 《台灣閩南語常用詞辭典》
Lí kā lín-pē kóng hō͘ i chheng-chhó. [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
You say it to me clearly.
- 恁爸講「恁爸」是恁爸的事，恁爸講「恁爸」還輪到你來講恁爸？ [MSC, trad.]
  恁爸讲“恁爸”是恁爸的事，恁爸讲“恁爸”还轮到你来讲恁爸？ [MSC, simp.]
  From: 2002, Jack Neo, I Not Stupid (spoken by Richard Low)
  Lín‐pē jiǎng “lín‐pē” shì lín‐pē de shì, lín‐pē jiǎng “lín‐pē” hái lúndào nǐ lái jiǎng lín‐pē? [Pinyin]
  Me saying "limpeh" is my own business, I like to say it and it's not your turn to complain about me! (An example of code-switching between Mandarin and Hokkien)

Synonyms

(female equivalent) 恁母 (lín-bú)
(Mandarin) 老子 (lǎozi)
(Gan) 爺老子／爷老子

Descendants

→ English: limpeh, lim peh, limpei

References

“Entry #5986”, 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.

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