-매

See also: 매

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [mɛ] ~ [me̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [매/메]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	mae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mae
McCune–Reischauer?	mae
Yale Romanization?	may

Etymology 1

Suffix

매 • (-mae)

1. shape

Derived terms

• 눈매 (nunmae, “eye shape”)
• 몸매 (mommae, “body shape”)
• 손매 (sonmae)
• 옷매 (onmae)
• 입매 (immae)

 

Etymology 2

See the main entry.

Suffix

매 • (-mae)

1. Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of 으매 (-eumae, “(dated) because, since”).