대명사

Korean

Sino-Korean word from 代名詞, from 代 (“replacement”) + 名詞 (“noun”).

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛ(ː)mjʌ̹ŋsʰa̠] ~ [ˈte̞(ː)mjʌ̹ŋsʰa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [대(ː)명사/데(ː)명사]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	daemyeongsa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	daemyeongsa
McCune–Reischauer^?	taemyŏngsa
Yale Romanization^?	tāymyengsa

대명사 • (daemyeongsa) (hanja 代名詞)

(grammar) pronoun ^[1]
(figurative) synonym
- 2021 March 23, 김은주, “당을 어머니로 노래한 첫 가요”, in 김일성종합대학‎^[1]:
  오랜 세월 가정의 울타리에만 머물러있으며 혈육들사이에만 불리우던 어머니라는 그 부름이 로동당시대와 더불어 우리 당의 상징으로, 대명사로 되였다.
  Oraen sewol gajeong'ui ultarieman meomulleoisseumyeo hyeoryukdeulsaieman bulliudeon eomeoniraneun geu bureumi rodongdangsidaewa deobureo uri dang'ui sangjing'euro, daemyeongsaro doeyeotda.
  Confined for aeons to the household and used only among kin, the name 'Mother' has, with the advent of the Workers' Party age, turned into the very symbol and a synonym of our Party.