감저

Jeju

군 감저

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 甘藷, cognate with Korean 감자 (gamja, “potato”). Likely borrowed from Early Modern Korean 감져 (kamcye).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kamt͡ɕə⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ka̠md͡ʑə]
• Phonetic hangul: [감저]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gamjeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gamjeo
Yale Romanization?	kamce

Noun

감저 (gamjeo) (counter 관)

1. sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas

   감저 ᄒᆞᆫ 관 ― gamjeo hawn gwan ― 1 gwan (3.75kg) of sweet potatoes

   감전 어듸 줏일티?

   Gamjeon eodui jusilti?

   Where will you gather the sweet potatoes?

   • 2009, 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan], “–광 [–gwang]”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 86:

     어디 하영 썰엉 ᄆᆞᆯ릴 감저 이심광.

     Eodi hayeong sseoreong mawllil gamjeo isimgwang.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2018 January 12, 양전형 [yangjeonhyeong], “엿날 돗통시 지들팡 / 이종실 [yeonnal dottongsi jideulpang / ijongsil]”, in 제주어보전회 일반자료실 [jejueobojeonhoe - ilbanjaryosil, Jeju Preservation Society]‎^[2]:

     그 사름은 곤밥먹은 소리로 ᄒᆞ엿주마는 난 알아먹기 쉽게 감저 쳥 먹은 소리로 번역ᄒᆞ멍 ᄀᆞᆯ으쿠다.

     Geu sareum-eun gonbammeogeun sori-ro hawyeotjumaneun nan arameokgi swipge gamjeo cheong meogeun sori-ro beonyeokhawmeong gawreukuda.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, “Chapter 8: Connective and Discourse Markers”, in Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 259:

     순자 주젠 감저 ᄋᆞᆽ어간 보난, 밥 먹엇(이)관데, ᄋᆞᆽ엉 와빗저

     sunja jujen gamjeo awjeogan bonan, bap meogeot(i)gwande, awjeong wabitjeo

     When I brought sweet potatoes for Sunja, (I noticed that) she had eaten her meal so I brought them back.

Alternative forms

• 감ᄌᆞ (gamjaw), 감제 (gamje)

Derived terms

• ᄂᆞᆯ감저 (nawlgamjeo, “unripe sweet potato”)
• 감저구뎅이 (gamjeogudeng'i, “sweet potato storage pit”)
• 감저눌 (gamjeonul, “storage room for storing sweet potatoes”)
• 감저밥 (gamjeobap, “rice mixed with sweet potato”)
• 감저범벅 (gamjeobeombeok, “sweet potato porridge”)
• 감저뻿데기 (gamjeoppetdegi, “cut-up dried sweet potato”)
• 감저죽 (gamjeojuk, “sweet potato juk”)
• 감젓메놓다 (gamjeonmenota, “to plant sweet potatoes”)
• 감젓메왓 (gamjeonmewat, “sweet potato plantation”)
• 감젓줄 (gamjeotjul, “sweet potato stem”)
• 새감저 (saegamjeo, “newly sprouted sweet potato”)
• 생감저 (saenggamjeo, “unripe sweet potato”)
• 쳇감저 (chetgamjeo, “first crop of sweet potatoes”)

 

References

• Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady (2020) Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island (in Jeju), Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR
• 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009) 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[3], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, pages 31-32
• 국내 나들이/제주도(濟州道) [gungnae nadeuri/jejudo] (2019 December 30) “고구마눌 [gogumanul]”, in 즐거움을 찾아서~~ [jeulgeoumeul chajaseo~~]‎^[4]