남새

Korean

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [na̠msʰɛ] ~ [na̠msʰe̞]
  • Phonetic hangul: [남새/남세]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?namsae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?namsae
McCune–Reischauer?namsae
Yale Romanization?namsay

Etymology 1

First attested in the Beonyeok nogeoldae (飜譯老乞大 / 번역노걸대), 1517, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞᄆᆞ새 (Yale: nomosay). A compound of ᄂᆞᄆᆞᆯㅎ (nomolh) / ᄂᆞᄆᆞᆯ (nomol, “vegetable”) (> Modern 나물 (namul)) + 새 (say, “grass”), the latter also found in Modern 억새 (eoksae), 속새 (soksae), etc.

Noun

남새 • (namsae)

  1. (archaic or dialectal, standard in North Korea) vegetables; greens
Synonyms
Derived terms
  • 잎남새 (imnamsae)
  • 열매남새 (yeolmaenamsae)
  • 뿌리남새 (ppurinamsae)

Noun

남새 • (namsae)

  1. Alternative form of 남우세 (namuse)

Noun

남새 • (namsae)

  1. (Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect) Alternative form of 냄새 (naemsae)
    총각 남새때문에 인자 살았다. (Jeolla, Haenam)
    Chonggak namsaettaemune inja saratda.
    Thanks to that young man's smell, I now feel alive.
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