동무

Etymology
May be ultimately of Sino-Korean origin, from.

Alternatively, it could be of native origin and influenced by ; compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  friend, mate, pal
 * 2)  comrade
 * 1)  comrade

Pronoun

 * 1)  second person singular plain pronoun; you

Usage notes

 * was originally a non-ideological, neutral word for "friend" once used all over the Korean Peninsula, but North Koreans later adopted it as the equivalent of the Communist term of address "comrade". As a result, to South Koreans today the word has a heavy left-wing political tinge, and as such the South Koreans have shifted to using other words for friend like or.