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Korean
Etymology
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Noun
아주마니 • (ajumani)
- Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 아주머니 (ajumeoni, “an older women of one's parent's age”)
1977, 김진하 [gimjinha], “각설이타령 [gakseoritaryeong]”, in MBC 한국민요대전 음반자료 사이트 [MBC han'gungminyodaejeon eumbanjaryo saiteu], 평안남도 평원군 덕포리 [pyeong'annamdo pyeong'won'gun deokpori]:
- Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 아주머니 (ajumeoni, “(for men) the wife of an older man”)
- Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, and Yukjin form of 아주머니 (ajumeoni, “ma'am, madam”)
- (Yukjin) aunt, father's younger brother's wife.
- Synonym: 작은어머니 (jageuneomeoni).