Korean edit

Etymology edit

Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 처녀 (處女, cheonyeo, “unmarried woman”).

Noun edit

체네 (chene)

  1. Pyongan and Hamgyong form of 처녀 (cheonyeo, unmarried, young woman)
    • 2022, 중고차는 유미카 [junggochaneun yumika], “북한사투리 힘드셨죠? 김춘실할머니 이야기 우리말자막버전입니다 [bukhansaturi himdeusyeotjo? gimchunsilhalmeoni iyagi urimaljamakbeojeonimnida]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[1], 함경북도 경성군 주을읍 [hamgyeongbukdo gyeongseonggun jueureup]:
      그기 체네 벗어 더구만.
      Geugi chene a-deul beoseo no-ku gan os-i man-teoguman.
      The young girls left a lot of clothes over there [by the river].