The story
- Teochew · derived from死爸“very; quite”
- Hokkien · borrowed from死爸“very; quite”
- English todaysibeh
From Singapore Hokkien 死爸 (sí-pē, “very; quite”, literally “die father”), from Singapore Teochew 死爸 (si² bê⁶, “very; quite”, literally “die father”), in the sense of being to the extent that one’s father dies.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.