말ᄊᆞᆷ
Middle Korean
Etymology
Perhaps a combination word of 말 (mal, “word, speech”) + 숨 (swum, “throat”)
Noun
말〯ᄊᆞᆷ (mǎlssom)
- (honorific) word or speech
- (Can we date this quote?)訓民正音諺解 (Hunminjeongeum Eonhae):
- 나랏〮말〯ᄊᆞ미〮中國에〮달아〮
- nalá-s mǎlssom-í TYUNGKWÚYK-éy talGá
- The language of the country being different from China
Descendants
- Korean: 말씀 (malsseum)