-매

See also:

Korean

Pronunciation

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)