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==Jeju==

===Etymology===
Cognate with {{cog|ko|섬}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{jje-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{head|jje|noun}}

# [[island]]

===References===
* {{R:Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary}}

{{c|jje|Landforms}}

==Korean==

===Etymology 1===
{{anchor|island}}
{{ko-etym-native|hh|셤〯|syěm}}

Possibly related to {{cog|pkc|斯麻|tr=*syema|t=island}} and {{cog|ja|島|tr=shima|t=island}}.<ref>{{cite-journal|first=Alexander|last=Vovin|authorlink=Alexander Vovin|title=From Koguryo to T'amna|year=2013|journal=Korean Linguistics|volume=15|issue=2|publisher=John Benjamins Publishing Company|doi=10.1075/kl.15.2.03vov|pages=222-240|url=https://www.academia.edu/6360018/From_Koguryo_to_Tamna|format=PDF}}.</ref>

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA|l=y}}
* {{ko-tone|L_reg}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun}}

# [[island]], [[islet]] or [[insular]]

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|ko|돌섬|모래섬|바위섬|섬나라|섬마을|섬촉새|섬참새}}

===Etymology 2===
{{anchor|seom}}
{{ko-etym-native|ss|셤〮|syém}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun}}

# [[straw]] [[bag]] / [[sack]] (used to hold grain)

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|ko|겻섬|볏섬|쌀섬|섬벼|섬통|숯섬|섬거적|섬밥}}

====Counter====
{{ko-pos|counter}}

# a ''[[seom]]'', a traditional Korean [[unit]] of [[volume]] equal to approximately 180 [[litre]]s; {{n-g|mostly used when measuring grain such as rice}}
#: {{syn|ko|석#石|alt1=석(石)}}

===Etymology 3===
{{anchor|step}}
{{ko-etym-native|ws|섬〮|sém}}

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun}}

# {{lb|ko|uncommon|_|in isolation}} [[stone]] [[stairstep]]s {{q|in traditional houses}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|ko|섬돌}}

===Etymology 4===
{{anchor|銛}}
{{ko-etym-sino|銛}}.

====Pronunciation====
{{ko-IPA}}

====Noun====
{{ko-noun|hanja=銛}}

# {{lb|ko|rare}} {{synonym of|ko|작살|t={{lb|ko|fishing}} [[harpoon]]}}

=====Derived terms=====
* {{seeHanja|銛}}

===Etymology 5===
See the main entry.

====Verb====
{{ko-pos|verb form}}

# {{inflection of|ko|서다|t=to [[stand]]||verbal noun}}

===Etymology 6===
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

====Syllable====
{{ko-syllable-hanja}}

{{collapse|
# {{ko-hanja-reading|纖}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|殲|[[다죽일]]|[[annihilation]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|閃|[[번쩍일]]|[[flash]]}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|蟾}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|暹}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|贍}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|剡}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|陝}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|孅}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|憸}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|摻}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|睒}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|譫}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|銛}}
# {{ko-hanja-reading|韱}}
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===References===
<references />

{{C|ko|Landforms|Units of measure}}

==Middle Korean==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|okm|/sə́m/}}

===Noun===
{{head|okm|noun|head=섬〮|tr=sém}}

# [[stairstep]]
#* {{quote-book|okm|year=1459|title=ko:月印釋譜 / 월인석보|trans-title=Worin Seokbo|page=2:27a|text={{ruby|[階](갱)[砌](촁〮)ᄂᆞᆫ〮 '''서〮미'''라〮}}|tr=KÀY.CHYÉY-nón '''sém'''-ìlá|t=[The Chinese word] {{lang|zh|階砌}} means, "'''step'''."}}

====Descendants====
* {{desc|ko|섬}}