아방

Jeju

아방광 두 ᄄᆞᆯ

Etymology

Presumably from Middle Korean 아비〮 (àpí) with a fixed suffix *앙 (*-ang). Compare 어멍 (eomeong), 하르방 (hareubang), 할망 (halmang). Cognate with Korean 아비 (abi)

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽apaŋ⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [a̠ba̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [아방]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	abang
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	abang
Yale Romanization?	apang

Noun

아방 (abang)

1. father

   Hypernym: 부모 (bumo)

   Hyponyms: 가시아방 (gasiabang), 다슴아방 (daseumabang), 당아방 (dang'abang), 수양아방 (suyang'abang), 씨아방 (ssiabang), 홀아방 (horabang)

   Coordinate term: 어멍 (eomeong)

   Near-synonyms: (honorific) 아바지 (abaji), (very honorific) 아바님 (abanim), 아벰 (abem)

   어멍 아방 ― eomeong abang ― mother and father

References

• “아방” in Jeju Dialect Dictionary, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.
• “아방” in Andrew Cheng; K. David Harrison, Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, 2014.