# 이매
## Korean
### Etymology 1

Probably a Sino-Korean word from 魑魅 (“evil spirit; demon”), but usually not written with hanja.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [imɛ] ~ [ime̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [이매/이메]

#### Noun

이매 • (imae)
* A foolish, crippled servant character in the mask-dance ritual of Hahoe, represented by a jawless mask

### Etymology 2

Related to 이마 (ima), either with the ancestral */-ak/ final leniting to */-aj/ or with the noun-suffix 이 (-i) attaching to */-a/, both of which would have monophthongized into /ɛ~e/ in the nineteenth century.

#### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [imɛ] ~ [ime̞]
* Phonetic hangul: [이매/이메]
South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 이매의 / 이매에 / 이매까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the first syllable, and lowers the pitch of subsequent suffixes.

#### Noun

이매 • (imae)
* Dialectal form of 이마 (ima, “forehead”).

##### Synonyms

Historical and regional synonyms of 이마 (ima, “forehead (non-vulgar)”) :
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| Group | Region | Location | Words |
| Standardised forms | South Korean Standard Language | South Korean Standard Language | 이마 (ima) |
| Standardised forms | North Korean Cultured Language | North Korean Cultured Language | 이마 (ima) |
| Historical forms | Middle Korean | Middle Korean | 니맣〮 (nìmáh) |
| Historical forms | Early Modern Seoul Korean | Early Modern Seoul Korean | 니맣 (nima), 니마 (nima), 이마 (ima) (from 19th c.) |
| Central Korean | Gyeonggi | Modern colloquial Seoul | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Gyeonggi | Ganghwa | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Gyeonggi | Yangpyeong | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Gyeonggi | Icheon | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Yeongseo | Chuncheon | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Yeongseo | Wonju | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Yeongseo | Inje | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Yeongseo | Hongcheon | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Central Korean | Yeongseo | Hoengseong | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Gangneung | 이마 (ímà) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Kowon | 이망 (imang) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Tongchon | 이망 (imang) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Kosong | 이망 (imang) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Yangyang | 이마 (ima), 이망 (imang) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Samcheok | 이마 (ímà) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Pyeongchang | 이마 (ima), 이망 (imang) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Yeongwol | 이마 (ímà) |
| Central Korean | Yeongdong | Jeongseon | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Cheongju | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Chungju | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Jecheon | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Danyang | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Goesan | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Boeun | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Okcheon | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | North Chungcheong | Yeongdong | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | South Chungcheong | Seosan | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | South Chungcheong | Cheonan | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | South Chungcheong | Yesan | 이마 (īma) |
| Central Korean | South Chungcheong | Gongju | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | South Chungcheong | Seocheon | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | South Chungcheong | Nonsan | 이마 (ima) |
| Central Korean | South Chungcheong | Geumsan | 이마 (ima) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Daegu | '이마 ( ima), 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Yeongju | '이마 ( ima), 이막 (ímàk) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Bonghwa | '이마 ( ima), 이막 (ímàk) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Uljin | 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Mungyeong | '이마 ( ima), 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Andong | '이마 ( ima) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Sangju | '이마 ( ima), 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Uiseong | '이마 ( ima) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Cheongsong | '이마 ( ima), 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Yeongdeok | 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Gimcheon | '이마 ( ima), 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Pohang | 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Seongju | 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Yeongcheon | 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Goryeong | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Cheongdo | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Gyeongju | 이매 (ímè), 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | North Gyeongsang | Ulleung | 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Busan | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Ulsan | 이망 (ímàng), 이막 (ímàk), 이매 (ímè) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Changwon | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Geochang | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Hapcheon | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Changnyeong | 이망 (ímàng), 이막 (ímàk) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Miryang | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Hamyang | 이망 (ímàng), 이막 (ímàk) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Sancheong | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Hadong | 이망 (ímàng), 이막 (ímàk) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Jinju | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Haman | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Gimhae | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Yangsan | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Goseong | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Namhae | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Tongyeong | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | South Gyeongsang | Geoje | 이망 (ímàng) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | Diaspora | Yanbian (in general) | '이마 ( ima) |
| Gyeongsang Korean | Diaspora | Harbin | 이매 (ímè) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Gunsan | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Iksan | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Wanju | 이마 (ima) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Jinan | 이마 (ima) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Muju | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Jeongeup | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Imsil | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Jangsu | 이매 (imae), 이망 (imang) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Gochang | 이마 (ima), 이매 (ime) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Sunchang | 이마 (ima), 이망 (imang) |
| Jeolla Korean | North Jeolla | Namwon | 이마 (ima), 이매 (imae) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Yeonggwang | 이매 (ime) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Jangseong | 이매 (ime) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Gurye | 이망 (imang) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Mokpo | 이망 (imang), 대망 (demang) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Hwasun | 이매 (ime) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Suncheon | 이망 (imang), 대망 (demang) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Gwangyang | 이매 (imae), 이망 (imang), 대망 (demang), 되멩이 (doemeng'i) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Yeongam | 이매 (ime) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Haenam | 이마 (ima) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Jangheung | 이망 (imang) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Boseong | 이망 (imang), 야망 (yamang) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Goheung | 이망 (imang), 대망 (demang) |
| Jeolla Korean | South Jeolla | Yeosu | 이망 (imang), 대망 (demang) |
| Pyongan Korean | North Pyongan | Uiju | 니망 (nimang) |
| Pyongan Korean | Diaspora | Shenyang | 니마 (nima) (general Liaoning Korean, no region specified) |
| Hamgyong Korean | Diaspora | Yanbian (in general) | 이'매 (i mae) |
| Yukjin Korean | Yukjin | Kyonghung | 니매 (nìmáe) |
| Yukjin Korean | Diaspora | Hunchun | 니매 (nìmáe) |
| Jeju | Jeju | Jeju City | 이멩이 (imeng'i), 이멍 (imeong) |
| Jeju | Jeju | Daejeong | 이멩이 (imeng'i), 이멍 (imeong) |
| Jeju | Jeju | Gujwa | 이멩이 (imeng'i), 이멍 (imeong), 임뎅이 (imdeng'i) |
| Jeju | Jeju | Seogwipo | 이멩이 (imeng'i), 이멍 (imeong), 임뎅이 (imdeng'i) |
| Note: Korean varieties also have vulgar 이마빡 and variants; the extent to which the vulgar form is acceptable in conversation, or even colloquially preferred, will vary according to dialect. ||||
| This table is an amalgamation of surveys of speakers mostly born before 1950 and may not reflect the language of younger speakers, which has lexically converged towards the standard Seoul dialect in both North and South Koreas. ||||