영갬

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 令監.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ŋɡɛm] ~ [jʌ̹ŋɡe̞m]
• Phonetic hangul: [영갬/영겜]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeonggaem
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeonggaem
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏnggaem
Yale Romanization?	yengkaym

Noun

영갬 • (yeonggaem)

1. Dialectal, Russia, Gyeongsang, Seoul, and Jeolla dialect form of 영감 (yeonggam, “Old man, mister”).
   • 2015 February 16, 이봉선 [ibongseon], “제사 때 찾아오는 영혼 [jesa ttae chajaoneun yeonghon]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 우즈베키스탄 유코리 치르치크 시온고마을 [ujeubekiseutan yukori chireuchikeu sion'goma'eul]:

     그런게 한 밤에 있다고 영갬이 이러지...

     Geureon'ge han bam-e itda-go yeonggaem-i ireoji...

     But one night an old man said this...

   • 2015 February 16, 박대열 [bakdaeyeol], “사명당 출가 동기 [samyeongdang chulga donggi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[2], 경상남도 하동군 하동읍 [gyeongsangnamdo hadonggun hadong'eup]:

     이기 간혹 저녁마동 영갬이 자다가, “아고 내가 왜 그런 짓을 했있고?”

     Igi ganhok jeonyeongmadong yeonggaem-i ja-daga, “ago naega wae geureon jis-eul haess-itgo?”

     Sometimes during the evening the old man would sleep and think, 'aigo my did I do such a thing?'.