신부모

Korean

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Romanizations
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), (female mentor) 신엄마 (sineomma), 신아버지 (sinabeoji), (male mentor) 신아빠 (sinappa)

   Coordinate term: 신자식(神子息) (sinjasik)

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