말씀

Jeju

Alternative forms

• 말ᄊᆞᆷ (malssawm)

Etymology

From Middle Korean 말ᄊᆞᆷ (mǎlssòm). Cognate to Korean 말씀 (malsseum).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽mals͈ɨm⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ma̠ɭs͈ɨm]
• Phonetic hangul: [말씀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	malsseum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mal'sseum
Yale Romanization?	malssum

Noun

말씀 (malsseum)

1. word or speech

References

• 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009) “말씀”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 346

Korean

Alternative forms

• 말쌈 (malssam) — proscribed
• 말삼 (malsam), 말쌈 (malssam) — dialect
• 말ᄉᆞᆷ (malseum), 말삼 (malsam), 말슴 (malseum) — Early Modern

Etymology

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 말〯ᄊᆞᆷ (Yale: mǎlssòm).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈma̠(ː)ɭs͈ɯm]
• Phonetic hangul: [말(ː)씀]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	malsseum
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	mal'sseum
McCune–Reischauer?	malssŭm
Yale Romanization?	māl.ssum

• South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 말씀의 / 말씀에 / 말씀까지

  Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, and also heightens the subsequent suffixed syllable.

Noun

말씀 • (malsseum)

1. (honorific) word or speech
   • Korean Protestant Bible, Yohan Bogeum (요한복음) (John) 1:1

     태초에 말씀이 계시니라, 이 말씀이 하나님과 함께 계셨으니, 이 말씀은 곧 하나님이시니라.

     Taecho-e malsseum-i gyesinira, i malsseum-i hananim-gwa hamkke gyesyeosseuni, i malsseum-eun got hananim-isinira.

     In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Related terms

• 낱말 (nanmal, “word”)
• 말 (mal, “word, speech, language”)
• 말씀하다 (malsseumhada, “to speak, to say”)