Talk:阿媽

Mother-Father

I can't speak to the existence of this form of the transcription (although it seems bizarre enough to need a citation) but the present-day use of ama for "daddy" (mostly in movies and TV shows set during the Qing-era) has the tones àmā and is written 阿瑪, specifically to distinguish it from the more common word for "mommy". — LlywelynII 00:11, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

It's here, but it seems like it's a form used earlier than the Qing dynasty. This dictionary cites two passages, both of which are from the Yuan dynasty. — justin(r)leung _{{ (t...) | c=› }} 01:37, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Cantonese attestations

A Chinese Dictionary in the Cantonese Dialect (1877)

https://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mh8TAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA406#v=onepage&q&f=false 亞媽 á꜄ ꜃má a female servant.

Cantonese Made Easy (1888)

https://archive.org/details/cantonesemadeeas00ballrich/page/n71/mode/2up

呌亞媽嚟見我喇 kíú꜄ Á꜄-꜃Má ꜁lai kíu꜄[sic] ꜃ngo ꜀lá.

Cantonese Made Easy (1907)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924023427564/page/6/mode/2up

呌亞媽嚟見我喇 Kíú꜄ Á꜄-꜂Má ꜁lai kín꜄ ꜃ngo ꜀lá.

The Cantonese Made Easy Vocabulary (1908)

https://archive.org/details/cu31924023344256/page/n21/mode/1up

Amah, n 1. (in native houses), 亞媽, á꜄ ꜂má

RcAlex36 (talk) 14:41, 19 April 2023 (UTC)