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／欧巴桑, simplified 欧巴桑)

(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.

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