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The first sound babies make worldwide, lovingly mistaken for a deliberate name.
means An affectionate, informal word for one's father.
from From the babbling sound 'pa-pa' — among the easiest noises a baby can make, since the lips simply pop apart. Languages across the world independently landed on similar father-words (papa, baba, tata), which is why this isn't really borrowing but convergence: the same easy syllable, reinvented in countless cradles. English 'papa' came more directly through French papa, itself from Latin papa, but the deeper root is the universal infant mouth.
- easy mouth
- P sound is simplest for tiny lips to form
- global twin
- Means father in dozens of unrelated languages
- radio code
- Stands for the letter P in NATO alphabet
- holy title
- Papa is the original word for pope
- andean staple
- Means potato in Spanish-speaking South America
papa john's international — pizza chain founded 1984 with 5,400+ locations worldwide
papa roach — nu metal band formed 1993 in vacaville, california
papa francisco — current pope since 2013, born jorge mario bergoglio