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-니께

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Korean

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Etymology

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Compare ㄴ께 (-nkke), although this form has also spread outside of Chungcheong and Jeolla.

Suffix

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니께 (-nikke)

  1. (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, less common in Seoul, Hwanghae, Pyongan) Post-vowel and post- allomorphic form of 으니께 (-eunikke).
    • 1980 June 22, 이재득 [ijaedeuk], “금봉이와 은금이 [geumbong'iwa eun'geumi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 충청남도 당진시 [chungcheongnamdo dangjinsi]:
      금벵이 가만히 생각니께 약속 어그러진 같어.
      Geumbeng'i-ga gamanhi saenggakheonikke geu yaksog-i da eogeureojin geot gateo.
      As the larve thought quietly, [he realised that] the promise had seemed to have been ruined
    • 1979 August 13, 김의호 [gimuiho], “구렁이 색씨 [gureong'i saekssi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[2], 경기도 여주시 대신면 [gyeonggido yeojusi daesinmyeon]:
      니께... , 그냥 환하게 이러던 캄캄하단 , 뛰어넘어 니께...
      Geuphaenikke... Geujib-i, geunyang hwanhage ireodeon jib-i kamkamhadan mar-ya, dam-eul ttwieoneomeo ganikke...
      Because they were urgent, they jumped into a house which, although once bright, was now dark.