조부니

Korean

Etymology

Loss of final /-m/ from 조부(祖父)님 (jobunim, “honored grandfather”, formal term), probably by analogy with 할머니 (halmeoni, “grandmother”). This analogy also eliminated the formality of the source term.

Noun

조부니 • (jobuni) (southwestern Jeolla dialect)

1. grandfather

   Synonym: (Standard Korean) 할아버지 (harabeoji)