말씀

Jeju

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Korean 말ᄊᆞᆷ (mǎlssòm). Cognate to Korean 말씀 (malsseum).

Pronunciation
  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽mals͈ɨm⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [ma̠ɭs͈ɨm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [말씀]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?malsseum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mal'sseum
Yale Romanization?malssum

Noun

말씀 (malsseum)

  1. word or speech

References
  • 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009) “말씀”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎, 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 346

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 말쌈 (malssam) — proscribed
  • 말삼 (malsam), 말쌈 (malssam) — dialect
  • 말ᄉᆞᆷ (malseum), 말삼 (malsam), 말슴 (malseum) — Early Modern

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 말〯ᄊᆞᆷ (Yale: mǎlssòm).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ɭs͈ɯm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [말(ː)씀]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?malsseum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mal'sseum
McCune–Reischauer?malssŭm
Yale Romanization?māl.ssum
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 말씀의 / 말씀에 / 말씀까지

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, and also heightens the subsequent suffixed syllable.

Noun

말씀 • (malsseum)

  1. (honorific) word or speech
  • 낱말 (nanmal, “word”)
  • 말 (mal, “word, speech, language”)
  • 말씀하다 (malsseumhada, “to speak, to say”)
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