아매

Korean

Etymology 1

Compare 어미 (eomi, “mother”) or Yukjin dialectal 클아매 (keuramae)

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠mɛ] ~ [a̠me̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [아매/아메]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?amae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?amae
McCune–Reischauer?amae
Yale Romanization?amay

Noun

아매 • (amae)

  1. (Yukjin, Koryo-mar) grandmother, old lady
    • 2015 February 15, 신 크세이냐 본서너브나, “떨어뜨려진 아이의 운명”, in 한국구비문학대계‎, 우즈베키스탄 타쉬켄트 이크마을:
      그래 정말 그 아매를 데려다가 한집에 있고...
      Geurae jeongmal geu amae-reul deryeodaga hanjib-e itgo...
      So the old lady really took the child then went to a house...

Etymology 2

Compare 아마 (ama)

Adverb

아매 • (amae)

  1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Hamgyong, Koryo-mar2) Dialectal form of 아마 (ama, “perhaps, maybe”)
    • 1982 July 22, 김성문, “두 킁킁이 속여 돈 뺏은 건달놈”, in 한국구비문학대계‎, 충청북도 영동군:
      전부 다해야 칠십냥 될꺼야 아매?
      Jeonbu dahaeya chilsimnyang doelkkeoya amae?
      Maybe if you do it all then it'll become 70 liang?
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