동미

Korean

Etymology

See the main entry. Compare Hamgyong, 동뮈 (dongmwi).

Noun

동미 • (dongmi)

1. Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Russia form of 동무 (dongmu, “friend, pal”)
   • 2022, Olga, “Olga speaking Koryo-mar and Russian”, in Wikitongues‎^[1], Tashkent, Uzbekistan:

     동미네 집에가서 화토 놀았습니다.. 절반 고레말하구 절반 노새말하구.

     Dongmi-ne jib-ega-seo hwato norat-seumnida.. Jeolban goremalha-gu jeolban nosaemalha-gu.

     I go to my friend's house to play hwatu... half the time we'd speak Koryo-mar and half the time we'd speak Russian.