"어머니" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ʌ̹mʌ̹ni] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: eomeoni [romanization]
Etymology: First attested in the Yeombul bogwonmun (念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문), 1776, as Modern Korean 어마니 (eomani). From 어미 (eomi, “mother”) + 아 (-a, vocative particle) + —님 (-nim, honorific marker). Etymology templates: {{lang|ko|念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문}} 念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문, {{ko-l|어마니|}} 어마니 (eomani), {{compound|ko|어미|-아|님|alt3=—님|pos2=vocative particle|pos3=honorific marker|t1=mother}} 어미 (eomi, “mother”) + 아 (-a, vocative particle) + —님 (-nim, honorific marker) Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 어머니 • (eomeoni)
  1. mother Categories (topical): Family members, Female people Synonyms: 엄마 ma (eomma), mom, 어이 mother (eoi), parent, 어멈 mom (eomeom) (english: humble speech), wife, 어미 mom (eomi) (english: humble speech), 애미 (aemi) (english: humble speech), 어머님 (eomeonim) [honorific] Derived forms: 양어머니 (yang'eomeoni) (english: adoptive mother), 의붓어머니 (uibuseomeoni) (english: stepmother), 작은어머니 (jageuneomeoni) (english: aunt, father's younger brother's wife), 큰어머니 (keuneomeoni) (english: aunt, father's elder brother's wife), 할머니 (halmeoni) (english: grandmother), 증조할머니 (jeungjohalmeoni) (english: great grandmother) Related terms: 지어미 wife (jieomi)

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{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "abeoji",
      "word": "아버지 father"
    },
    {
      "roman": "abeonim",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "아버님 father"
    },
    {
      "roman": "appa",
      "word": "아빠 pa"
    },
    {
      "word": "papa"
    },
    {
      "word": "dad"
    },
    {
      "word": "daddy"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "abeom",
      "word": "아범 dad"
    },
    {
      "word": "husband"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "abi",
      "word": "아비 dad"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "aebi",
      "word": "애비"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "オモニ"
          },
          "expansion": "オモニ (omoni)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: オモニ (omoni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "阿媽妮"
          },
          "expansion": "阿媽妮/阿妈妮 (āmānī)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 阿媽妮/阿妈妮 (āmānī)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문"
      },
      "expansion": "念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "어마니",
        "2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "어마니 (eomani)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "어미",
        "3": "-아",
        "4": "님",
        "alt3": "—님",
        "pos2": "vocative particle",
        "pos3": "honorific marker",
        "t1": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "어미 (eomi, “mother”) + 아 (-a, vocative particle) + —님 (-nim, honorific marker)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Yeombul bogwonmun (念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문), 1776, as Modern Korean 어마니 (eomani).\nFrom 어미 (eomi, “mother”) + 아 (-a, vocative particle) + —님 (-nim, honorific marker).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eomeoni",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "어머니 • (eomeoni)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Family members",
          "orig": "ko:Family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ko:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "adoptive mother",
          "roman": "yang'eomeoni",
          "word": "양어머니"
        },
        {
          "english": "stepmother",
          "roman": "uibuseomeoni",
          "word": "의붓어머니"
        },
        {
          "english": "aunt, father's younger brother's wife",
          "roman": "jageuneomeoni",
          "word": "작은어머니"
        },
        {
          "english": "aunt, father's elder brother's wife",
          "roman": "keuneomeoni",
          "word": "큰어머니"
        },
        {
          "english": "grandmother",
          "roman": "halmeoni",
          "word": "할머니"
        },
        {
          "english": "great grandmother",
          "roman": "jeungjohalmeoni",
          "word": "증조할머니"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "id": "en-어머니-ko-noun-zwYi7ypm",
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "jieomi",
          "word": "지어미 wife"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "roman": "eomma",
          "word": "엄마 ma"
        },
        {
          "word": "mom"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eoi",
          "word": "어이 mother"
        },
        {
          "word": "parent"
        },
        {
          "english": "humble speech",
          "roman": "eomeom",
          "word": "어멈 mom"
        },
        {
          "word": "wife"
        },
        {
          "english": "humble speech",
          "roman": "eomi",
          "word": "어미 mom"
        },
        {
          "english": "humble speech",
          "roman": "aemi",
          "word": "애미"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eomeonim",
          "tags": [
            "honorific"
          ],
          "word": "어머님"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌ̹mʌ̹ni]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[어머니]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "어머니"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "abeoji",
      "word": "아버지 father"
    },
    {
      "roman": "abeonim",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "아버님 father"
    },
    {
      "roman": "appa",
      "word": "아빠 pa"
    },
    {
      "word": "papa"
    },
    {
      "word": "dad"
    },
    {
      "word": "daddy"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "abeom",
      "word": "아범 dad"
    },
    {
      "word": "husband"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "abi",
      "word": "아비 dad"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "aebi",
      "word": "애비"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "adoptive mother",
      "roman": "yang'eomeoni",
      "word": "양어머니"
    },
    {
      "english": "stepmother",
      "roman": "uibuseomeoni",
      "word": "의붓어머니"
    },
    {
      "english": "aunt, father's younger brother's wife",
      "roman": "jageuneomeoni",
      "word": "작은어머니"
    },
    {
      "english": "aunt, father's elder brother's wife",
      "roman": "keuneomeoni",
      "word": "큰어머니"
    },
    {
      "english": "grandmother",
      "roman": "halmeoni",
      "word": "할머니"
    },
    {
      "english": "great grandmother",
      "roman": "jeungjohalmeoni",
      "word": "증조할머니"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "オモニ"
          },
          "expansion": "オモニ (omoni)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: オモニ (omoni)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "阿媽妮"
          },
          "expansion": "阿媽妮/阿妈妮 (āmānī)",
          "name": "zh-l"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 阿媽妮/阿妈妮 (āmānī)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문"
      },
      "expansion": "念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문",
      "name": "lang"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "어마니",
        "2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "어마니 (eomani)",
      "name": "ko-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ko",
        "2": "어미",
        "3": "-아",
        "4": "님",
        "alt3": "—님",
        "pos2": "vocative particle",
        "pos3": "honorific marker",
        "t1": "mother"
      },
      "expansion": "어미 (eomi, “mother”) + 아 (-a, vocative particle) + —님 (-nim, honorific marker)",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "First attested in the Yeombul bogwonmun (念佛普勸文 / 염불보권문), 1776, as Modern Korean 어마니 (eomani).\nFrom 어미 (eomi, “mother”) + 아 (-a, vocative particle) + —님 (-nim, honorific marker).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "eomeoni",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "어머니 • (eomeoni)",
      "name": "ko-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "jieomi",
      "word": "지어미 wife"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean compound terms",
        "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
        "Korean lemmas",
        "Korean nouns",
        "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Korean terms with audio links",
        "Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked",
        "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
        "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
        "ko:Family members",
        "ko:Female people"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mother",
          "mother"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ʌ̹mʌ̹ni]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[어머니]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "eomma",
      "word": "엄마 ma"
    },
    {
      "word": "mom"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eoi",
      "word": "어이 mother"
    },
    {
      "word": "parent"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "eomeom",
      "word": "어멈 mom"
    },
    {
      "word": "wife"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "eomi",
      "word": "어미 mom"
    },
    {
      "english": "humble speech",
      "roman": "aemi",
      "word": "애미"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eomeonim",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "어머님"
    }
  ],
  "word": "어머니"
}

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