즘게
Korean
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Middle Korean 즘게〮 (cùmkéy).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕɯmɡe̞]
- Phonetic hangeul: [즘게]
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Noun
즘게 • (jeumge)
- (rare, poetic, figurative) a great person metaphorically compared to a towering tree
- 2005, 박태권, “눈뫼 허웅 스승님을 기립니다 [In Memory of Our Mentor, Nonmoe Heo Ung]”, in Nara sarang, volume 110:
- 학계에서는 길이 빛날 큰 즘게(巨樹)였습니다.
- Hakgyeeseoneun giri binnal keun jeumge(geosu)yeotseumnida.
- In academia, he was like a jeumge (great tree) whose light will shine for long afterwards.
- 2000s, 고훈, 내 고향 도초 [My Hometown, Docho]:
- 도초도엔 인재(人材)가 풀처럼 무성하다. 하나같이 '즘게(큰 나무)'가 되어 고향에 돌아온다.
- Dochodo-en injaega pulcheoreom museonghada. Hanagachi jeumge(keun namu) ga doeeo gohyang-e doraonda.
- In Docho Island, talented people are as common as the grass. Like one, they all come home as jeumge (great trees).
Usage notes
This word is used primarily to add a Middle Korean flair in more literary writing. The word is not generally understood by modern Koreans, and it is almost always accompanied by a parenthetical explanation.
Middle Korean
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sɨm˨kəj˦/
Etymology 1
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즘게〮 (cùmkéy)
Noun
즘게〮 (cùmkéy)
- a big tree, a large tree
- 1447, “Stanza 7”, in 龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 [Yongbi eocheonga]:
- ᄇᆞ〮야미〮 가〯칠〮 므러〮 즘겟〮 가〮재〮 연ᄌᆞ니〮
- póyàm-í kǎchí-l mùlé cùmkéy-s kác-áy yèncòní
- The snake held the magpie in its mouth and placed it on the branch of a large tree
- 1447, 釋譜詳節 / 석보상절 [Seokbo sangjeol], page 9:17a:
- 뫼〯히며〮 수프〮리며〮 즘게〮며〮 무더〮멧〮 神靈을〮 請ᄒᆞ고〮
- mwǒyh-ìmyé swùphúl-ìmyé cùmkéy-myé mwùtém-éy-s SSÌN.LYÈNG-úl CHYÉNG-hòkwó
- They call on the spirits which are on the mountains and in the forests and on the great trees and in the graves
- Synonym: 즘게〮나모 (cùmkéy-nàmwò)
Descendants
- → Korean: 즘게 (jeumge)
See also
- 나모 (nàmwò, “tree (in general)”)
Noun
즘게〮 (cùmkéy)
- a distance of thirty li, around twelve kilometres