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)