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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | mae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | mae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | mae |
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| Yale Romanization? | may |
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Etymology 1
Suffix
매 • (-mae)
- shape
Derived terms
- 눈매 (nunmae, “eye shape”)
- 몸매 (mommae, “body shape”)
- 손매 (sonmae)
- 옷매 (onmae)
- 입매 (immae)
Etymology 2
See the main entry.
Suffix
매 • (-mae)
- Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of 으매 (-eumae, “(dated) because, since”).