신부모

신부모

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 神 (“divine”) + 父母 (“parent”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰinbumo̞]
• Phonetic hangeul: [신부모]

Revised Romanization? sinbumo Revised Romanization (translit.)? sinbumo McCune–Reischauer? sinbumo Yale Romanization? sinpumo

Noun

신부모 • (sinbumo) (hanja 神父母)

1. (shamanism) a senior priest who mentors a novice, guiding them into their new vocation

   Hyponyms: 신어머니 (sineomeoni), 신엄마 (sineomma) (female mentor), 신아버지 (sinabeoji), 신아빠 (sinappa) (male mentor)

   Coordinate term: 신자식(神子息) (sinjasik)

   Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); for more, see Thesaurus:무속인