부모

Early Modern Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 父母.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [pu.mo]

    Noun

    부모 (pwumwo) (hanja 父母)

    1. parents
    2. (figurative) the king, as “parent" of the people
      • 1762, King Yeongjo of Korea, 御製警民音 / 어제경민음 [Royal Words in Advice to the People (Against Alcoholism)]:
        내 너의 부모 되얀 지 그 몃 ᄒᆡ뇨? 이제 삼십팔년이로되 덕ᄐᆡᆨ이 능히 ᄇᆡᆨ셩의게 밋지 못ᄒᆞ고 […]
        Na-y neuy pwumwo twoyyan ci ku myes hay-nywo? Icey samsip-pal-nyen-ilwotwoy tekthoyk-i nunghi poyksyeng-uykey misci mos-hokwo […]
        How many years has it been since I became your parent? It has now been thirty-eight years, yet virtue still does not reach the people […]

    Korean

    Etymology

      Sino-Korean word from 父母, largely displacing native 어버이 (eobeoi).

      Pronunciation

      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?bumo
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?bumo
      McCune–Reischauer?pumo
      Yale Romanization?pumo

      Noun

      부모 • (bumo) (hanja 父母)

      1. parents
        Synonyms: 부모님 (bumonim, honorific), 어버이 (eobeoi, native equivalent)
        부모님은 어디 계세요?
        bumonim-eun eodi gyeseyo?
        Where are your parents?

      Usage notes

      • In non-formal contexts, usually accompanied by the honorific suffix 님 (nim) as 부모님 (bumonim). The lack of the suffix may be taken as demeaning.

      Derived terms

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