조부니
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]조부니 • (jobuni) (southwestern Jeolla dialect)
- grandfather
- Synonym: (Standard Korean) 할아버지 (harabeoji)