의모

Korean[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 義母 (“person formally acknowledged as one's mother”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɰi(ː)mo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [의(ː)모]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	uimo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	uimo
McCune–Reischauer^?	ŭimo
Yale Romanization^?	ūymo

의모 • (uimo) (hanja 義母)

stepmother, foster mother, adoptive mother, sworn mother
Synonyms: 의붓어머니 (uibuseomeoni, “stepmother”), 수양(收養)어머니 (suyang'eomeoni, “foster mother”)