Korean

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Etymology

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/i/-umlaut form of 잠기다 (jamgida)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?jaemgida
Revised Romanization (translit.)?jaemgida
McCune–Reischauer?chaemgida
Yale Romanization?caymkita

Verb

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잼기다 (jaemgida) (infinitive 잼겨 or 잼기어, sequential 잼기니)

  1. Hamgyong and Pyongan form of 잠기다 (jamgida, to sink, be submerged)
    • 1979 June 13, 김치열 [gimchiyeol], “능라도의 유래 [neungnadoui yurae]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 평안남도 평양시 기림리 (현 평양직할시 모란봉구역 개선동) [pyeong'annamdo pyeong'yangsi girimni (hyeon pyeong'yangjikhalsi moranbongguyeok gaeseondong)]:
      잼기는데 섰든 잼기는... 그냥 잠기질 그냥 잇어요.
      Mur-i na-myeon-eun gir-eun jaemgi-neunde nae-ga seotdeun gir-eun jaemgineun-de-du... Mar-eun geunyang jamgijil an-ku geunyang deo iseoyo.
      When the water would rise the road would be submerged, but even though the road I would use would be submerged... the village was not flooded and remained as it was.
      • The speaker, recorded in Seoul, appears to be a Korean war refugee from the Pyongyang region, which is where he states he was born.