Core Words
Essential Korean vocabulary. As a Tamil speaker, some of these are free words — they sound like Tamil. Use the filter to find them.
Showing 16 words
appa
அப்பா
dad
Free word — sounds like Tamil!
Identical sound and meaning — one of the clearest Tamil-Korean parallels
eomma
அம்மா
mom
Free word — sounds like Tamil!
Nearly identical — amma/eomma. Both are natural baby-talk words for mother
adeul
மகன்
son
ttal
மகள்
daughter
hyeong
அண்ணன்
older brother (male speaker)
oppa
அண்ணன்
older brother (female speaker)
nuna
அக்கா
older sister (male speaker)
eonni
அக்கா
older sister (female speaker)
Free word — sounds like Tamil!
Close in sound to அண்ணி (aṇṇi), the Tamil word for a female elder in-law — a related, if not identical, senior-female kinship term
namdongsaeng
தம்பி
younger brother
yeodongsaeng
தங்கை
younger sister
harabeoji
தாத்தா
grandfather
halmeoni
பாட்டி
grandmother
nampyeon
கணவன்
husband
anae
மனைவி
wife
chingu
நண்பன்
friend
gajok
குடும்பம்
family