도우미
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [to̞umi]
- Phonetic hangul: [도우미]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | doumi |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | doumi |
| McCune–Reischauer? | toumi |
| Yale Romanization? | towumi |
Noun
[edit]도우미 • (doumi)