님금

Jeju

Etymology

From Middle Korean 님〯금〮 (nǐmkúm). Cognate to Korean 임금 (imgeum)

Pronunciation
  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽nimkɨm⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [nimɡɨm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [님금]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?nimgeum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?nimgeum
Yale Romanization?nimkum

Noun

님금 (nimgeum)

  1. king

Middle Korean

Alternative forms
  • 님〯굼〮 (nǐmkwúm)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nimkɨm/, [nimɡɨm]

Noun

님〯금〮 (nǐmkúm)

  1. king; monarch
    • 1459, Hunminjeong'eum eonhae 訓民正音諺解 / 훈민정음언해:
      御(ᅌᅥᆼ〮)製(졩〮)ᄂᆞᆫ〮님〯금〮지〯ᅀᅳ샨〮그〮리라〮
      NGÉ.CYÉY-nón nǐmkúm cǐzùsyán kúl-ìlá
      御製 [Chinese for "written by the king"] is "writing done by the king".

Descendants
  • Jeju: 님금 (nimgeum)
  • Korean: 임금 (imgeum)
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