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