큰어멍

Jeju

Etymology

큰 (keun-, “eldest, first-born”) +‎ 어멍 (eomeong, “mother”). Compare Korean 큰어머니 (keuneomeoni).

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kʰɨnəməŋ⫽
(Jeju City) IPA^(key): [kʰɨnəməŋ]
Phonetic hangul: [크너멍]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	keuneomeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	keun'eomeong
Yale Romanization^?	khun.emeng

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]‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 216:
  잇날 다슴애기 ᄄᆞᆯ ᄒᆞ나 ᄃᆞᆯ안. 큰어멍 죽어 부난 큰어멍에도 ᄄᆞᆯ 이 ᄒᆞ나 싯고 족은어멍 에 도 ᄄᆞᆯ 을 ᄒᆞ나 ᄃᆞᆯ안 와신디.
  Innal daseumaegi ttawl hawna dawran. Keuneomeong jugeo bunan keuneomeong'edo ttawr-i hawna sitgo jogeuneomeong-e-do ttawr-eul hawna dawran wasindi.
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- 2017 October 27, 김신자 [gimsinja], “정기떡 [jeonggitteok]”, in 제주어보전회 제주어는 보물이우다134 [jejueobojeonhoe - jejueoneun bomuriuda134, Jeju Preservation Society]‎^[2], archived from the original on October 21, 2021:
  게도 잊어불도 안ᄒᆞ연 우리 어멍 광 큰어멍이 ᄒᆞᆫ디 불러 가민 의좋은 동세 찌리 보기 가 잘도 좋아 나십주. 지금 은 아랫 동세 가 ᄆᆞ녀 저 시상 이 가 부난 큰어멍 혼차 ᄀᆞ레 ᄀᆞ는 소릴 중은중은 흥으려 가멍 정기떡 을 멘들아 마씀.
  Gedo ijeobuldo anhawyeon uri eomeong-gwang keuneomeong-i hawndi bulleogamin uijoeun dongse-jjiri bogi-ga jaldo joanasipju. Jigeum-eun araetdongse-ga mawnyeo jeo sisang-i gabunan keuneomeong honcha gawre gawneun soril jung'eunjung'eun heung'euryeogameong jeonggitteog-eul mendeura-masseum.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1. (uncommon) aunt (father's older brother's wife)

Related terms

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]‎^[3] (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)‎^[4] (in Korean), 제주대학교 교육대학원
제주문화예술재단 [jejumunhwayesuljaedan] (2009) “큰어멍”, in 개정증보 제주어사전 [gaejeongjeungbo jejueosajeon]‎^[5], 제주특별자치도 [jejuteukbyeoljachido], →ISBN, page 839