-슴메

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Korean

Etymology

Compare Hamgyong dialectal 슴메다 (-seummeda), 음메 (-eumme). Also attested in the Pyongan dialect[1]

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?seumme
Revised Romanization (translit.)?seumme
McCune–Reischauer?sŭmme
Yale Romanization?summey

Suffix

슴메 (-seumme)

  1. (Pyongan, Hamgyong) declarative or interrogative suffix in the plain style of speech
    • 2020 September 5, 박예영, “함경도 사투리(3) [hamgyeongdo saturi(3)]”, in 박예영's 통통TV [bagyeyeong s tongtongTV]‎, 함경북도 김책시 [hamgyeongbukdo gimchaeksi]:
      ? 뭐이라오? 어쩌라고? 알아 들었슴메.
      Ya? mwoi-rao? sang-eul eojjeo-rago? nae mot ara deureotseumme.
      What? What did you say? What do you want me to do with the table? I don't understand what you're saying.

References

  1. ^ 광충구 [gwangchunggu] (2007) “옛말을 많이 간직한 함경도 방언 [yenmareul mani ganjikhan hamgyeongdo bang'eon, The Hamgyong Dialect's Preservation of Archaic forms]”, in 새국어생활, volume 17, page 179