-으멍

Jeju

Alternative forms

  • -멍 (-meong)after vowels and (l)

Etymology

From Middle Korean -으〮며셔〮/ᄋᆞ〮며셔〮 (Yale: -úmyèsyé/ómyèsyé). Cognate to Korean -으면서 (-eumyeonseo).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ɨməŋ⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [ɨməŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?-eumeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eumeong
Yale Romanization?umeng

Suffix

-으멍 (-eumeong)

  1. though, yet, notwithstanding, in spite of, for[with] all
  2. as, while, at the same time (that), with, between, during