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U+C12C, 섬
HANGUL SYLLABLE SEOM
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[U+C12B]
Hangul Syllables
[U+C12D]




섀 ←→ 세

Jeju

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Etymology

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Cognate with Korean (seom).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seom
Yale Romanization?sem

Noun

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(seom)

  1. island

References

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  • ” in Andrew Cheng; K. David Harrison, Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, 2014.

Korean

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Etymology 1

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First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 셤〯 (Yale: syěm).

Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, island) and Japanese (shima, island).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰɘ(ː)m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seom
McCune–Reischauer?sŏm
Yale Romanization?sēm
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: / 섬 / 섬까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes low pitch, and heightens the pitch of two subsequent suffixed syllables.

Noun

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(seom)

  1. island, islet or insular
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 셤〮 (Yale: syém).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seom
McCune–Reischauer?sŏm
Yale Romanization?sem

Noun

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(seom)

  1. straw bag / sack (used to hold grain)
Derived terms
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Counter

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(seom)

  1. a seom, a traditional Korean unit of volume equal to approximately 180 litres; mostly used when measuring grain such as rice
    Synonym: 석(石) (seok)

Etymology 3

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First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 섬〮 (Yale: sém).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seom
McCune–Reischauer?sŏm
Yale Romanization?sem

Noun

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(seom)

  1. (uncommon in isolation) stone stairsteps (in traditional houses)
Derived terms
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Etymology 4

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Sino-Korean word from .

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seom
McCune–Reischauer?sŏm
Yale Romanization?sem

Noun

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(seom) (hanja )

  1. (rare) Synonym of 작살 (jaksal, (fishing) harpoon)
Derived terms
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Etymology 5

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See the main entry.

Verb

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(seom)

  1. verbal noun of 서다 (seoda, to stand)

Etymology 6

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Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Syllable

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(seom)

References

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  1. ^ Vovin, Alexander (2013) “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics[1], volume 15, number 2 (PDF), John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.

Middle Korean

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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섬〮 (sém)

  1. stairstep
    • 1459, 月印釋譜 / 월인석보 [Worin Seokbo], page 2:27a:
      ()(촁〮)ᄂᆞᆫ〮 서〮미라〮
      KÀY.CHYÉY-nón sém-ìlá
      [The Chinese word] 階砌 means, "step."

Descendants

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  • Korean: (seom)