38 kinds of address to the mother

I, different historical periods on the mother's name

Yang Jiali looked through a large number of documents, sorted out the different periods on the "mother" name, for the time being, the organization of the borrowed as follows:

Pre-Qin: mother, mother, old woman two Han: old woman, crone, mother, mother, basilica, sister (dialect) Wei, Jin, North and South Dynasties: mother, old woman, home, you, sister mother, mother-in-law, mother Sui and Tang dynasties: old woman, mother Song and Yuan: mother, mother, sister, mother, Xian Ming and Qing dynasties: old woman, mother, mother, mother

1, the mother's claim to be the most common

From this, we can see that the mother called the "mother" history of the longest, it is only strange that the Sui and Tang dynasties do not call this, if these historical materials are correct, we will see the future Sui and Tang dynasties If these historical data are correct, in the future we watch the Sui and Tang Dynasty movies and TV dramas to pay attention to, they are called "mother" or "mother"? But I always think that history should not be studied to death, and should not be taken too seriously.

2. When did they start calling mothers "mother"? When did "mom" and "ma" start appearing?

"Mother" is the first time in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

"Mom" this call first appeared in the Song Dynasty, the academic community generally believe that "mom" from the Southern Song Dynasty Hong Mai "Yi Zhi Jian", the book recorded:

"See last year's death over the birth of the mother pointed to me sobbing said: 'This is the netherworld, why do you also come'".

According to the dictionary, the word "mom" first appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, but there is no way to tell if it has the same meaning as the word "mom" today.

In the Song and Yuan dynasties, "mom" was generally used as a general term of respect for older women, and we now see that in Peking Opera, young ladies often refer to older women as "Oops, mom!" Spoken language is indeed the mother's name, "continue to pass the lantern book" in "father and mother, tomorrow please monk fasting.

3, the "mother" called "sister" a little unexpected

Now young people and mom's relationship is particularly close, mom and young and beautiful, sometimes also jokingly called "sister!

Some dialects in the two Han Dynasty referred to the mother as "sister", and the word "sister" was also made by the Shu people in the two Han Dynasty.

Saying Wen: "Shu called mother "sis", and Huainan called it "she." Guangya-Xiejin: "Sister, mother."

The Han Dynasty, "sister" is also used for the Qiang people a name or a tribe's family name. And the same meaning as today's "sister" called, is the first appeared in the Five Dynasties period, "Five Dynasties History" in this account:

"That person to Zhu Wen said: we are your sister husband, Dengzhou Kongmu official Yan Shouzhi also. You were so young that you couldn't recognize me. I will send you to visit your sister."

And "Five Dynasties History" was written by Song people, so it is possible that the meaning of "sister" in Song Dynasty was the same as today.

4. "Old woman" is a common term for mom?

Impression of "old woman" this word is the pronouns of middle-aged and elderly women, similar to today's "big mom" this specific reference, but it turns out that since the pre-Qin Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, in addition to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, all periods are used "old woman" as a mother, mom! "to mother, mom's call.

Second, different dialects of the mother's call

The above is a different historical period of some of the mother's call, even today, different dialects of the mother's call is different. For example, the Mongols call their mothers "Eji", the Hui in Jingyuan, Ningxia, call their mothers "Ya", and the Uyghurs call their mothers "Ana". The Hakka dialect calls her "Amu", and most of the local languages of Fujian and Guangdong call her "Amu", "Laomu", "Mother", "Mother's Son", and the Loudi dialect of Hunan has "Amu". In most Min and Guangdong dialects, the mother is called "Amu", "Old Mother" and "Mother's Son", in Hunan Loudi, the mother is called "Niang Laozi", in Guangxi Nanning Pinghua, the mother is called "Old Woman", and in Haikou dialect, the mother is called "A Sister" and "A A Sister". In the Haikou dialect, the mother is called "Ah Sister" and "Ah Sister-in-law", which is really surprising! But there are also some historical names found in it.

I once read an article in which the people of Tianmen, Hubei called their grandfather "father", which is not a difference in generation in our general opinion. But that's what they call them. Wuhan, Hubei, grandmother called "Jiajia", these names of relatives again and again break through our cognition, we can only marvel at the greatness of the motherland, the depth of the culture!

What is incredible is that the Northern Qi period of the Nanyang King Gaochao and his brothers called his father "brother brother", called his mother "Jia Jia", called the nanny "sister", called his wife "sister", called his wife "sister", called his wife "sister", called his wife "sister", called his wife "sister", called his wife "sister", called his wife "sister", called his wife "sister". "and their wives as "sister".

If the combination of the Qing dynasty theater we have seen more ridiculous, Empress Dowager Cixi let Emperor Guangxu called her "royal father", the general situation is to call the "royal mother", the Qing dynasty royal family called his father, "Huang Amma!

The author's ancestral home in Fangcheng County, Henan Province, even if a different part of the county, even if the same village of the different families may have their own way of addressing relatives, such as my several uncles, great-uncle, two uncles and other uncles, the uniform regulations, all their children called great-uncle "uncle", called two uncle For example, in the families of my uncles, the first, second and other uncles, it was standardized that all their children were called "uncle" for the first uncle, "father" for the second uncle, "uncle" for the other uncles, and "mother" and "mother" for the aunts from the eldest to the youngest, respectively, In fact, my other uncles' children called my great-aunt "mother", but her own children called her "mother", and my second aunt "mother", and the others "mother". Her own children called her "mom", but her second aunt "mother", and the others "aunt". Similarly, the children of other aunts and uncles call their own mothers "mom. But in the old days, they might have had to follow the rules.

Three, domestic and foreign to the mother called

Sometimes feel that the ancients etiquette, culture is too cumbersome, if now restored to the Confucian rituals, which is advocated by Confucius, it is estimated that most people are going to collapse. Similarly, it is the name of the great woman who gave birth to us, how can there be so many tricks? Upon closer examination, "mom" is the most appropriate and internationalized name, because all babies pronounce "mamama" for the first time, and in Latin, mamama means breast. In fact, in a part of Henan province where I grew up, when a child wants to eat breast milk, he does say "eat mamama mamama", which has a very clear childish sound, referring to the mother's breast.

In English, there is also "mama", "mather", and our "mom", "mother". ", "mather", "mom", "mother" is a system of each, quite a different and the same wonderful!