어미
Meanings
Noun
1. mother (often impolite)
2. A casual way used by a father to address his wife in front of elders.
3. dam; mother animal
4. mother of one's grandchild (or child in further generations)
5. Term of address for one's daughter or daughter-in-law (who has children).
6. ending (attached to stems of verbs and adjectives) (grammar)
7. V-shaped decoration that appears in the middle of a traditional East Asian-style book leaf (publishing, bibliography)
Pronunciation
eomi
Examples4
영철이 어미는 도대체 어디를 나갔습니까?
Where the hell did Yeongcheol's mother go?
어미 속 좀 그만 썩여라.
Don't make mum worry too much.
어미 호랑이
mother tiger
어미 개가 새끼를 쳤다.
The mother dog whelped.