김심

Korean

Etymology

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 점심 (點心, jeomsim, “lunch, snack”). Hypercorrected via the same process that produced 김치 (gimchi, “kimchi”), 기와 (giwa, “roof tile”).

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈki(ː)mɕʰim]
Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)심]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gimsim
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gimsim
McCune–Reischauer^?	kimsim
Yale Romanization^?	kīmsim

Noun

김심 • (gimsim)

Northern Gyeonggi form of 점심(點心) (jeomsim, “lunch”).
김심은 읎어서 어드럭허지? (Gyeonggi, Kaesong)
Gimsim-eun eupseo-seo eodeureokheoji?
Since we have no lunch, what are we going to do?