Korean edit

Noun edit

첫머이 (cheonmeoi)

  1. (Southern Gyeongsang) Dialectal form of 처음 (cheo'eum)
    • 1982 January 21, 한진식 [hanjinsik], “현풍 곽씨 집안의 효자 [hyeonpung gwakssi jibanui hyoja]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상남도 의령군 정곡면 [gyeongsangnamdo uiryeonggun jeonggongmyeon]:
      그래 부터, 첫머이 올리 보낼 부터, “ 손자매꾸로 이래 ….” 그래 ...
      Geurae ma geu ttae-buteo, cheonmeoi olli bonael ttae-buteo, “mwo ni nae sonja-maekkuro irae ha-neun-de ma….” Geurae geu kankke...
      So from that point on, from the first time he was sent up there he said, "you do things like my grandson would"...