도우미

Korean

Etymology

도움 (doum, “assistance”, substantive form of 돕다 (dopda, “to help”)) +‎ 이 (-i, agentive noun suffix). Coined around 1992 to refer to helpers for the Expo '93 event, possibly a calque of English helper.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [to̞umi]
• Phonetic hangul: [도우미]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	doumi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	doumi
McCune–Reischauer?	toumi
Yale Romanization?	towumi

Noun

도우미 • (doumi)

1. helper

Related terms

• 돕다 (dopda)
• 도움 (doum)