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Jeju
Etymology
큰 (keun-, “eldest, first-born”) + 어멍 (eomeong, “mother”). Compare Korean 큰어머니 (keuneomeoni).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | keuneomeong |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | keun'eomeong |
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| Yale Romanization? | khun.emeng |
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Noun
큰어멍 (keuneomeong)
- aunt (father's eldest brother's wife)
- Near-synonym: (usually honorific) 큰어머니 (keuneomeoni)
- Coordinate term: 큰아방 (keunabang)
- Comeronyms: 고모 (gomo, “father's sister”), 이모 (imo, “mother's sister”), (honorific) 웨숙모 (wesungmo, “mother's brother's wife”), 예펜웨삼춘 (yepenwesamchun, “mother's brother's wife”)
2009, 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan], “다슴애기 [daseum-aegi]”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 216:
2017 October 27, 김신자 [gimsinja], “정기떡 [jeonggitteok]”, in 제주어보전회 제주어는 보물이우다134 [jejueobojeonhoe - jejueoneun bomuriuda134, Jeju Preservation Society], archived from the original on October 21, 2021:
- (uncommon) aunt (father's older brother's wife)
- 말젯어멍 (maljeseomeong, “father's third brother's wife (of four)”)
- 셋말젯어멍 (senmaljeseomeong, “father's fourth brother's wife (of six)”)
- 셋어멍 (seseomeong, “father's second brother's wife (of three or more)”)
- 족은말젯어멍 (jogeunmaljeseomeong, “father's fourth brother's wife (of five);father's fifth brother's wife (of six)”)
- 족은어멍 (jogeuneomeong, “father's youngest brother's wife”)
- 큰말젯어멍 (keunmaljeseomeong, “father's third brother's wife (of five or more)”)
References
- Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady (2020) “Chapter 3: Nouns”, in Jejueo: The Language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, 3.2 Supplementary Prefixes for Kinship Terms, pages 41-42
- 김미진 [gimmijin] (2010 August) “제주도방언의 친족어 연구 — 여성 화자를 중심으로 [jejudobang'eonui chinjogeo yeon'gu - yeoseong hwajareul jungsimeuro, Study on the Kinship terms of Jeju dialect — Focused on female speakers]”, in 영주어문 (in Korean), volume 20, pages 27-47
- 고동호, 송상조, 오창명, 문순덕, 오승훈 (2015 December) “제3장 단어”, in 제줏말의 이해 [jejunmarui ihae, Understanding Jeju] (overall work in Korean), 제주특별자치도: 제주발전연구원 제주학연구센터 [jejubaljeonyeon'guwon jejuhagyeon'gusenteo], →ISBN, 2. 단어의 구조와 형성, page 55
- 박민경 (August 2015) 제주 방언의 친척 명칭 연구 [A Study on Relative Names in the Jeju Dialects] (Thesis) (in Korean), 제주대학교 교육대학원
- 제주문화예술재단 [jejumunhwayesuljaedan] (2009) “큰어멍”, in 개정증보 제주어사전 [gaejeongjeungbo jejueosajeon], 제주특별자치도 [jejuteukbyeoljachido], →ISBN, page 839