(mi khin) and (pha khin) are the words for "mother" and "father" respectively. However, parents are usually referred to by their children as (may may) and (phay phay) — "Mom" and "Dad." Cantonese, (móuchàn) and (fuchàn) are the formal words for "mother" and "father" respectively. (màmà) or (a mā) and (bàbā) or (a bà) are used informally for "Mom" and "Dad" respectively. Mandarin Chinese, () and () are for "mother" and "father" respectively. Note that the f sound was pronounced bilabially (as with p or b) in older and some other forms of Chinese, thus fu is related to the common "father" word pa. In addition, parents are usually referred to by their children as () and () — "Mom" and "Dad". And sometimes in informal language, they use mā and bà for short. Taiwanese Hokkien, () and () refer to "mother" and "father" respectively. Note that some of the b sounds in modern Taiwanese was pronounced as m in older Chinese languages, hence is related to the common "mother" word m. Additionally, parents are also referred as () / () and (pâ) / (a-pah), equivalents to "Mom" and "Dad", respectively. Tibetan uses amma for mother and nana for father. Kra–Dai languages Thai, "mother" is แม่ (mê ) and "father" is พ่อ (phô ). มะ (Má ) and บะ (ba ) or ฉะ (cha ) respectively in Southern Thai. Colloquially, mamà and papà are also used. Lao, "mother" is ແມ່ (maê) and "father" is ພໍ່ (phô). Turkic languages In Turkish, both anne and ana mean mother, and baba and ata means father. Also, nene can be used for grandma and dede for grandpa. Uyghur, an East Asian Turkic language, uses ana or apa for mother, and ata or dada for father. Other families and language isolates Basque: ama for mother and aita for father. Japanese, 父 (chichi) and 母 (haha) are for "father" and "mother" respectively in formal style. They are the basic words which do not combine with honorifics *papa (modern Japanese derives from the Voiceless bilabial fricative ) which in turn is from the older *p.) Japanese has also borrowed informal mama and papa along with the native terms, stemming from American influence post-World War II. Before the borrowing became common, a child usually called its mother おかあさん (‘’okāsan’’), かあちゃん (‘’kāchan’’), or so, and it’s father おとうさん (‘‘otōsan’’), とうちゃん (‘’tōchan’’), etc.. On the other hand, マンマ(‘’mamma’’) means “food”