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Korean
Etymology
Related to dialectal ㄴ께 (-nkke).
Suffix
ㄴ게 • (-n'ge)
- (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Southwestern Gyeongsang) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ allomorphic form of 으니게 (-eunige)
- Synonym: (Standard Korean) 니까 (-nikka)
2011 January 22, 정로자 [jeongnoja], “강피 훑던 여자가 죽어서 매미가 된 이야기 [gangpi huldeon yeojaga jugeoseo maemiga doen iyagi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 경상남도 남해군 서면 [gyeongsangnamdo namhaegun seomyeon]:그 과게 보는 사람이 본게 저그 마누래되는 사람인데.- Geu gwage bo-neun saram-i bon'ge jeogeu manuraedoe-neun saram-inde.
- After seeing a person who can look into the past (fortuneteller), that's the person that will become his wife.