-응게

Korean

Etymology

Related to dialectal 응께 (-eungkke).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɯŋɡe̞]
• Phonetic hangul: [응게]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	eungge
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	eungge
McCune–Reischauer?	ŭngge
Yale Romanization?	ungkey

Suffix

응게 • (-eungge)

1. (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong) because, since, as

   Synonym: (Standard Korean) 니까 (-nikka)

   • 2007 March 5, 김길수 [gimgilsu], “꾀를 써서 마을 뒤에 묘를 쓴 청주 한씨 [kkoereul sseoseo ma'eul dwie myoreul sseun cheongju hanssi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 전라북도 순창군 [jeollabukdo sunchanggun]:

     몇 백 년 됐응게 우리 한아버지 뫼 쓰고...

     Myeot baek nyeon dwaesseungge uri hanabeoji moe sseugo...

     Because a couple hundred years past, we buried out grandfather in his grave...

Usage notes

Compared to the 응께 (-eungkke) form, in Northern Jeolla this form appears to be more commonly used.