お母さん

お (o-, “honorific prefix”) +‎ 母 (kā, “mother”) + さん (-san, honorific suffix).

/okakasama/ → /okaːsama/ → /okaːsan/

/okakasama/ → /okakasan/ → /okaːsan/

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) おか​あさん [òkáꜜàsàǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [o̞ka̠ːsã̠ɴ]

お母さん (hiragana おかあさん, rōmaji okāsan)

1. (honorific) mother; one's mother

• (honorific, polite) 御母様 (okāsama)
• (honorific, polite) 御母様 (okakasama)
• (honorific, childish) 御母様 (otāsama)
• (honorific, childish) 御母様 (otatasama)
• (honorific, polite) 御嬶様 (okakasama)
• (honorific, archaic) 御母さん (okakasan)
• (honorific, archaic) 御嬶さん (okakasan)

• Min Nan: 卡桑 (khà-sàng) (Taiwanese)

• 母 (haha): a mother
• 母 (kaka)
• 嚊 (kaka)
• 嬶 (kaka) (vulgar)
• ママ (mama): (childish) mama, a childish form of mother, one's female parent
• お袋: (informal) one's mother
• 御袋 (ofukuro): (informal) one's mother
• 母堂 (bodō): (formal, written) one's mother
• 母様 (kāsama)
• 母さん (kakasan)
• 御母 (okaka)
• 御嬶 (okaka)