Vocabulary
Examples:
| English | Jeju language |
Jeju language |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Welcome!" | 혼저옵서예 | hɒnjeo opseoye | |
| "father" | 아방 | abang | |
| "mother" | 어멍 | eomeong | |
| "grandfather; old man" | 하르방 | hareubang | |
| "grandmother; old woman" | 할망 | halmang | Halmang is also a word added after many shamanistic deities, such as Samseung Halmang, Jeoseung Halmang, and Seolmundae Halmang. |
| "uncle" | 아즈방 | ajeubang | |
| "aunt" | 아즈망 | ajeumang | |
| "all middle-aged men and women" | 삼춘 | Samchun | In the Korean language, samchon refers to 'uncle'. However, in Jeju Island, 'Samchun' refers to all middle-aged man and woman. For example, the title of a novel about the Jeju massacre,Suni Samchun, means 'a woman named Suni', not 'Suni's uncle'. |
| "elder brother (of a female)" | 오라방 | orabang | |
| "daughter" | 똘 | ttɒl | |
| "the wife's father; a man's father-in-law" | 가시아방 | gasiabang | |
| "man" | 손아이 | sonai | |
| "woman" | 지집빠이 | jijib-bbai | |
| "maiden" | 비바리 | bibari | |
| "not likely" | 가물어 | gamureo | |
| "neck" | 야개기 | yagaegi | |
| "tree, shrub; wood" | 낭 | nang | Stem of the Korean word for "tree, shrub; wood" was namg- in Middle Korean |
| "zelkova tree" | 굴묵낭 | gulmungnang | |
| "grass" | 태역 | taeyeok | |
| "vegetable" | 송키 | songki | Jeju dialect songki is similar to Manchu sogi ("vegetable"), |
| "potato" | 지실 | jisil | |
| "puppy" | 강생이 | gangsaeng-i | |
| "cat" | 고냉이 | gonaeng-i | |
| "Siberian roe deer" | 노리 | nori | |
| "ax" | 도치 | dochi | The word for "ax" appeared variously as dosguy, dosgeuy, or dochɒy in Middle Korean |
| "mountain, hill, (esp.) parasitic cone" | 오름 | oreum | Jeju dialect oreum or orɒm is similar to Mongolian ūla ("mountain") and Manchu alin ("mountain"). Although it rather sounds closer to the literal meaning of oreum itself, oreum literally means "an elevation" or its implied meaning: "an elevated space." |
| "ear of grain" | 고고리 | gogori | |
| "there" | 그디 | geudi | Jeju language uses -di instead of -(eo)gi to form locational deictic pronouns |
| "here" | 이디 | idi | |
| "crab" | 깅이 | ging-i | |
| "bird" | 생이 | saeng-i | |
| "radish" | 놈삐 or 무수 | nomppi or musu | Jeju dialect musu is cognate with Standard Korean muu but derived from a different Middle Korean variant. Note similarity with Manchu mursa ("large, white, globular Chinese radish"). The etymology of Jeju dialect nombbi is obscure. |
| "sock" | 대비 | daebi | Jeju language daebi < Japanese tabi ("traditional Japanese socks") |
| "pig" | 도새기 | dosaegi | |
| "pork" | 돗괴기 | dotgoegi | |
| "chicken egg" | 독새기 | doksaegi | |
| "lettuce" | 부루 | buru | |
| "change (at the end of a monetary transaction)" | 주리 | juri | Jeju language juri < Japanese tsuri (id.) |
| "wave" | 절 | jeol | Jeju language jeol < Middle Korean gyeol (id.); cognate with the second syllable of Standard Korean mulggyeol |
| "purple eulalia" | 어욱 | eouk | |
| "early" | 인칙 | inchik | |
| "powder of roast grain" | 개역 | gaeyeok | |
| "buckwheat" | 모물, 모몰, 모믈 | momul, momol, momeul | |
| "dust" | 몬독 | mondok | |
| "chick" | 빙애기 | bing-aegi | |
| "umbrella" | 가사 | gasa | Compare with Japanese kasa ("wide-brimmed hat; umbrella, parasol") and Korean gat (old-fashoned hat). |
| "walking stick, staff" | 몽댕이 | mongdaeng-i | Jeju language mongdaeng-i is cognate with Korean 몽둥이 mongdung-i ("club, cudgel, baton, stick"). |
| "all, everything" | 몬딱 | monttak | |
| "kitchen" | 정지 | jeongji | The word jeongji is not unique to Jeju language, as it is also used in Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect speaking regions. |
| "much, lots" | 하영 | hayeong | |
| "a small quantity; a little" | 호꼼, 호끔 | hokkom, hogkkeum | |
| "rancher" | 테우리 | teuri | 'Teuri' can refer to Jeongsunam, the shamanistic deity of ranching. |
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