伯baak3有jau5

English

1. an alternative way to address the mother of a friend [colloquial]
2. euphemism of "somebody's mother"unreviewed?

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 伯母嘅委婉語。由於「母」同「冇」同音，為咗避諱貪意頭，就用咗「有」或者同音嘅「友」字代替。unreviewed?

Examples

• 沙特阿拉伯有非常豐富的石油。

  Saudi Arabia is very rich in oil.

  Tatoeba · xjjAstrus CC BY

• 沙烏地阿拉伯有非常豐富的石油。

  Saudi Arabia is very rich in oil.

  Tatoeba · Martha CC BY