-어ᇝ-

Jeju

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽əms⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [əm]
  • Phonetic hangul: [엄]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?-eom-
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eoms
Yale Romanization?ems

Suffix

Ablaut/harmonic pair
Yin-form 어ᇝ (-eom-)
Yang-form -아ᇝ- (-am-)

-어ᇝ- (-eom-)

  1. Suffix indicating the continuous aspect of a verb not in the past tense. For action verbs, it is largely equivalent to English "is... ing"; for stative verbs/adjectives, it has an inchoative meaning equivalent to "to become...; to begin to be...".

Usage notes

  • If the syllable to which -어ᇝ- (-eom-) is appended ends in the vowel 어 (eo) or 으 (eu), the two syllables usually contract.
  • The same is true for -아ᇝ- (-am-) and the vowel 아 (a).

Derived terms

  • -어ᇝ저 (-eomjeo)
  • -어ᇝ구나 (-eomguna)
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