부모

Early Modern Korean

부모 (pwumwo) (hanja 父母)

parents
(figurative) the king, as “parent" of the people
- 1762, King Yeongjo of Korea, 御製警民音 / 어제경민음 [Royal Words in Advice to the People (Against Alcoholism)]:
  내 너의 부모 되얀 지 그 몃 ᄒᆡ 뇨? 이제 삼십 팔 년 이 로되 덕ᄐᆡᆨ 이 능히 ᄇᆡᆨ셩 의게 밋지 못ᄒᆞ고 […]
  Na-y neuy pwumwo twoyyan ci ku myes hay-nywo? Icey samsip-pal-nyen-ilwotwoy tekthoyk-i nunghi poyksyeng-uykey misci mos-hokwo […]
  How many years has it been since I became your parent? It has now been thirty-eight years, yet virtue still does not reach the people […]

Sino-Korean word from 父母, largely displacing native 어버이 (eobeoi).

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	bumo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	bumo
McCune–Reischauer^?	pumo
Yale Romanization^?	pumo

부모 • (bumo) (hanja 父母)

In non-formal contexts, usually accompanied by the honorific suffix 님 (nim) as 부모님 (bumonim). The lack of the suffix may be taken as demeaning.