남새

Korean

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠msʰɛ] ~ [na̠msʰe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [남새/남세]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	namsae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	namsae
McCune–Reischauer?	namsae
Yale Romanization?	namsay

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)

1. (archaic or dialectal, standard in North Korea) vegetables; greens

Synonyms

• 채소 (菜蔬, chaeso)

Derived terms

• 잎남새 (imnamsae)
• 열매남새 (yeolmaenamsae)
• 뿌리남새 (ppurinamsae)

Etymology 2

Noun

남새 • (namsae)

1. Alternative form of 남우세 (namuse)

Etymology 3

Noun

남새 • (namsae)

1. (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.