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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | namsae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | namsae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | namsae |
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| Yale Romanization? | namsay |
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Etymology 1
First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᄆᆞ새 (Yale: nomosay). A compound of ᄂᆞᄆᆞᆯㅎ (nomolh) / ᄂᆞᄆᆞᆯ (nomol, “vegetable”) (> Modern 나물 (namul)) + 새 (say, “grass”), the latter also found in Modern 억새 (eoksae), 속새 (soksae), etc.
Noun
남새 • (namsae)
- (archaic or dialectal, standard in North Korea) vegetables; greens
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Etymology 2
Noun
남새 • (namsae)
- Alternative form of 남우세 (namuse)
Etymology 3
Noun
남새 • (namsae)
- (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 냄새 (naemsae)
총각 남새때문에 인자 살았다. (Jeolla, Haenam)- Chonggak namsaettaemune inja saratda.
- Thanks to that young man's smell, I've now come back to life.