애동제자

애 (ae, “child”) +‎ 동(童) (dong, “child”, Sino-Korean morpheme) +‎ 제자(弟子) (jeja, “disciple”).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈɛ(ː)do̞ŋd͡ʑe̞d͡ʑa̠] ~ [ˈe̞(ː)do̞ŋd͡ʑe̞d͡ʑa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [애(ː)동제자/에(ː)동제자]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

애동제자 • (aedongjeja)

1. (shamanism) a novice priest or shaman, who has just been initiated and is still being educated

   Synonyms: 선무당 (seonmudang), 신자식(神子息)

   Hypernyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당(巫堂) (mudang); see also Thesaurus:무속인

   • 2019, “송파구 용한 점집 애동제자 '별상아씨당' 사람들에게 시원한 해결방안 제시 [songpagu yonghan jeomjip aedongjeja byeolsang'assidang saramdeurege siwonhan haegyeolbang'an jesi]”, in JoongAng Ilbo‎:

     맑은 기운의 신내림을 받은지 얼마 안된 무속인 '애동제자'를 고집하는 이들의 수요 또한 적지 않은 것으로 알려졌다.

     Malgeun giun-ui sinnaerim-eul badeunji eolma andoen musogin aedongjeja -reul gojiphaneun i-deur-ui suyo ttohan jeokji aneun geos-euro allyeojeotda.

     It has been reported that demand is also not insignificant among those who insist on [consulting the ritual advice of] aedongjeja: Korean shamanic practitioners who have only recently undergone their first trance possession, possessing a clean sort of [divine] energy.

Preferred nowadays over older 선무당 (seonmudang, “novice shaman”) because the latter word came to take on demeaning connotations.