Korean edit

Etymology edit

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Noun edit

미느리 (mineuri)

  1. Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect form of 며느리 (myeoneuri, daughter-in-law)
    • 2012 January 18, 김정용 [gimjeong'yong], “개의 복을 뺏어 집안 일으킨 며느리 [gae'ui bogeul ppaeseo jiban ireukin myeoneuri]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상북도 고령군 고령읍 [gyeongsangbukdo goryeonggun goryeong'eup]:
      그래 꺼잤는데, 미느리 이끼네, 저녁마담 꺼자 뿌리는 .
      Geurae samdae-ro bur-eul an kkeojan-neunde, mineuri-reul bo-go na-ikkine, jeonyeong-madam bul-lo kkeoja ppurineun gi-ra.
      For three generations the flame [of the stove] hadn't been extinguished, but after a new daughter-in-law came, every evening the fire had been extinguished.