김심

Korean

Etymology

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 점심 (點心, jeomsim, “lunch, snack”). Hypercorrected via the same process that produced 김치 (gimchi, “kimchi”), 기와 (giwa, “roof tile”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈki(ː)mɕʰim]
• Phonetic hangul: [김(ː)심]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	gimsim
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	gimsim
McCune–Reischauer?	kimsim
Yale Romanization?	kīmsim

Noun

김심 • (gimsim)

1. Northern Gyeonggi form of 점심(點心) (jeomsim, “lunch”).

   김심은 읎어서 어드럭허지? (Gyeonggi, Kaesong)

   Gimsim-eun eupseo-seo eodeureokheoji?

   Since we have no lunch, what are we going to do?