ᄆᆞ슴

Jeju

Etymology

From Old Korean 心音 (*MOSOm). This reflex preserves the /s/ as found in the Old Korean form and southern Modern Korean dialects, compared to its doublet ᄆᆞ음 (maweum), which was borrowed directly from Early Modern Korean.[1] Cognate with Korean 마음 (ma'eum).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽mɒsɨm⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [mɒsʰɨm]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?mawseum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?mawseum
Yale Romanization?mosum

Noun

ᄆᆞ슴 (mawseum)

  1. mind, heart, emotion, will
    Synonym: ᄆᆞ음 (maweum)

Alternative forms

  • ᄆᆞ심 (mawsim)

References

  1. ^ John Stonham (2011) “Middle Korea ㅿ and the Cheju dialect”, in Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies[1], volume 74, number 1, Pukyong National University, Korea, →DOI, page 112