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  2. Yeolnyeo - Wikipedia

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    Yeolnyeo and its requirements are frequently a major plot component of K-drama historical romances.. The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (South Korean film, 1962); Knight Flower (South Korean TV series, 2024) Here, a noble widow is forced to be a recluse, while another widow's mother-in-law attempts to force her daughter-in-law to die by suicide, in order to win prestige and honour for the ...

  3. Avoidance speech - Wikipedia

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    All relations are classificatory – more people may fall into the "mother-in-law" category than just a man's wife's mother. [6] Avoidance speech styles used with taboo relatives are often called mother-in-law languages, although they are not actually separate languages but separate lexical sets with the same grammar and phonology. Typically ...

  4. Tamil honorifics - Wikipedia

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    ஐயா (Aiyā) is an honorific suffix literally meaning 'Father'. It can be used to mean 'respectful' when addressing someone of equal or higher social order. யா (yā) is a contraction of ஐயா (Aiyā), and is also an honorific suffix attached to a noun. It shows familiarity between the speakers, and can be a faux pas if not used ...

  5. Korean name - Wikipedia

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    However, it is considered rude to use someone's given name if that person's age is a year older than the speaker. This is often a source of pragmatic difficulty for learners of Korean as a foreign language, and for Korean learners of Western languages. A variety of replacements are used for the actual name of the person.

  6. Kinship terminology - Wikipedia

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    Kinship terminology is the system used in languages to refer to the persons to whom an individual is related through kinship.Different societies classify kinship relations differently and therefore use different systems of kinship terminology; for example, some languages distinguish between consanguine and affinal uncles (i.e. the brothers of one's parents and the husbands of the sisters of ...

  7. Parent-in-law - Wikipedia

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    A mother-in-law is the mother of a person's spouse. [3] Two women who are mothers-in-law to each other's children may be called co-mothers-in-law, or, if there are grandchildren, co-grandmothers. In comedy and in popular culture, the mother-in-law is stereotyped as bossy, unfriendly, hostile, nosy, overbearing and generally unpleasant.

  8. Wikipedia:Naming conventions (Korean) - Wikipedia

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    For example, if they have a Korean name but are most widely known by their Russian name, use their romanized Russian name. If primarily known by their Korean name or for their affiliation with Korea, determine which row above is most appropriate for them and follow it. E.g. for a Zainichi Korean member of the North Korea–aligned Chongryon ...

  9. Ajumma - Wikipedia

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    Ajumma (Korean: 아줌마), sometimes spelled ahjumma or ajoomma, is a Korean word for a married, or middle-aged woman. It comes from the Korean word ajumeoni (Korean: 아주머니). [1] Although it is sometimes translated "aunt", it does not actually refer to a close family relationship. It is most often used to refer to a middle-aged or older ...