신부모

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 神 (“divine”) + 父母 (“parent”).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?sinbumo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?sinbumo
    McCune–Reischauer?sinbumo
    Yale Romanization?sinpumo

    Noun

    신부모 • (sinbumo) (hanja 神父母)

    1. (shamanism) a senior priest who mentors a novice, guiding them into their new vocation
      Hyponyms: 신어머니 (sineomeoni), (female mentor) 신엄마 (sineomma), 신아버지 (sinabeoji), (male mentor) 신아빠 (sinappa)
      Coordinate term: 신자식(神子息) (sinjasik)
      Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); for more, see Thesaurus:무속인
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