엄마

eomma · TOPIK 1

mom

👩 eomma sounds like oh-mma: a baby's first ma-ma, just like mama

엄마 is the informal, affectionate word for mother, like mom. The mma ending echoes mama, the near-universal baby word for mother. The formal version is 어머니 (eomeoni), which shares the same eom root.

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