-으매

Korean

Alternative forms

• 매 (-mae) — after vowels and ㄹ (-l)

Etymology

From 음 (-eum, verbal noun-deriving suffix) +‎ 애 (-ae, obsolete form of 에 (-e, “at”, locative marker)): "at [VERB]ing...". May have grammaticalized as a purpose-marking suffix in the seventeenth century.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯmɛ] ~ [ɯme̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [으매/으메]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eumae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eumae
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭmae
Yale Romanization?	umay

Suffix

으매 • (-eumae)

1. (dated) because, since
   • 1790, 方(방)孝(효)彦(언) (Bang Hyo'eon), 蒙(몽)語(어)老(노)乞(걸)大(대) [The Old Cathayan for Mongol language]:

     져녁이 되도록 밥 먹지 못 ᄒᆞ야시매 ᄇᆡ ᄀᆞ장 골푸니 […]

     jeonyeog-i doe-dorok bap meokji mot hayasimae bae gajang golpuni [ … ]

     Since we were not able to eat anything into the evening, we are extremely hungry […]