스승

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Korean

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Etymology

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In the hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 스스ᇰ (Yale: sùsùng).

Beyond the Hangul sources, apparently from a first-century Korean royal title which was transcribed in Middle Chinese as 次次雄 (MC tshijH tshijH hjuwng), which is explicitly said to have meant "shaman" in Old Korean.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seuseung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seuseung
McCune–Reischauer?sŭsŭng
Yale Romanization?susung
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 스에 / 스승

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun

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스승 (seuseung)

  1. mentor, instructor, guide (in life)
    어머니 인생 스승입니다.
    Eomeoni-neun je insaeng-ui seuseung-imnida.
    My mother is the mentor of my life.
  2. (North Pyongan, Hamgyong, Russia) shaman
    Synonyms: 무속인(巫俗人) (musogin), 무당 (mudang); see also Thesaurus:무속인

See also

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