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)

1. 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, “다슴애기”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도, →ISBN, page 216:

     잇날 다슴애기 ᄄᆞᆯ ᄒᆞ나 ᄃᆞᆯ안. 큰어멍 죽어 부난 큰어멍에도 ᄄᆞᆯ이 ᄒᆞ나 싯고 족은어멍에도 ᄄᆞᆯ을 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, “정기떡”, in 제주어보전회 제주어는 보물이우다134‎^[2], archived from the original on October 21, 2021:

     게도 잊어불도 안ᄒᆞ연 우리 어멍광 큰어멍이 ᄒᆞᆫ디 불러가민 의좋은 동세찌리 보기가 잘도 좋아나십주. 지금은 아랫동세가 ᄆᆞ녀 저 시상이 가부난 큰어멍 혼차 ᄀᆞ레 ᄀᆞ는 소릴 중은중은 흥으려가멍 정기떡을 멘들아마씀.

     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.

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   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 (2010 August) “제주도방언의 친족어 연구 — 여성 화자를 중심으로”, in 영주어문 (in Korean), volume 20, pages 27-47
• 고동호, 송상조, 오창명, 문순덕, 오승훈 (2015 December) “제3장 단어”, in 제줏말의 이해‎^[3] (overall work in Korean), 제주특별자치도: 제주발전연구원 제주학연구센터, →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 (2009) “큰어멍”, in 개정증보 제주어사전‎^[5], 제주특별자치도, →ISBN, page 839