잼기다

Korean

Etymology

/i/-umlaut form of 잠기다 (jamgida)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕɛmɡida̠] ~ [t͡ɕe̞mɡida̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [잼기다/젬기다]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jaemgida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jaemgida
McCune–Reischauer?	chaemgida
Yale Romanization?	caymkita

Verb

잼기다 • (jaemgida) (infinitive 잼겨 or 잼기어, sequential 잼기니)

1. Hamgyong and Pyongan form of 잠기다 (jamgida, “to sink, be submerged”)
   • 1979 June 13, 김치열, “능라도의 유래”, in 한국구비문학대계‎^[1], 평안남도 평양시 기림리 (현 평양직할시 모란봉구역 개선동):

     물이 나면은 길은 잼기는데 내가 섰든 길은 잼기는데두... 말은 그냥 잠기질 않구 그냥 더 잇어요.

     Mur-i na-myeon-eun gir-eun jaemgi-neunde nae-ga seotdeun gir-eun jaemgineun-de-du... Mar-eun geunyang jamgijil an-ku geunyang deo iseoyo.

     When the water would rise the road would be submerged, but even though the road I would use would be submerged... the village was not flooded and remained as it was.

     • The speaker, recorded in Seoul, appears to be a Korean war refugee from the Pyongyang region, which is where he states he was born.