즘게

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Korean

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Middle Korean 즘게〮 (cùmkéy).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jeumge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jeumge
McCune–Reischauer?chŭmge
Yale Romanization?cumkey

Noun

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즘게 (jeumge)

  1. (rare, poetic, figurative) a great person metaphorically compared to a towering tree
    • 2005, 박태권 [baktaegwon], “눈뫼 허웅 스승님을 기립니다 [nunmoe heoung seuseungnimeul girimnida, In Memory of Our Mentor, Nonmoe Heo Ung]”, in Nara sarang, volume 110:
      학계에서 길이 빛날 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 [gohun], 내 고향 도초 [nae gohyang docho, My Hometown, Docho]‎[1]:
      도초도 인재(人材) 처럼 무성하다. 하나같이 '즘게( 나무)' 되어 고향 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

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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

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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즘게〮 (cùmkéy)

Noun

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즘게〮 (cùmkéy)

  1. a big tree, a large tree
    Synonym: 즘게〮나모 (cùmkéy-nàmwò)
    • 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 ()(려ᇰ)을〮 (쳐ᇰ〮)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
Descendants
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  • Korean: 즘게 (jeumge)
See also
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  • 나모 (nàmwò, tree (in general))

Etymology 2

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Noun

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즘게〮 (cùmkéy)

  1. a distance of thirty li, around twelve kilometres