오명가명

Early Modern Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 오명〮 가명〮 (Yale: wòmyéng kàmyéng), using the emphatic verb-final particle ㅇ (Yale: -ng) after the connective forms of 오다〮 (Yale: wòtá, “to come”) and 가다〮 (Yale: kàtá, “to go”). This is the only construction in which the particle in question survived into Early Modern Korean.

Adverb

오명가명 (womyengkamyeng)

1. while coming and going
   • c. 1790, 樂學拾零 (Akhak Seumnyeong) [Tidbits of the Musical Sciences]:

     ᄯᅦ 만흔 ᄀᆞᆯ머기ᄂᆞᆫ 오명가명ᄒᆞ는 ᄎᆞ의 엇더타 皎(교)皎(교)白(ᄇᆡᆨ)駒(구)ᄂᆞᆫ 멀니 ᄆᆞᄋᆞᆷ ᄒᆞᄂᆞ니

     Stey manhun kolmeki-non womyengkamyeng-honon cho-uy estetha KYO.KYO.POYK.KWU-non melni moom hononi

     While the seagulls of many flocks move to-and-fro, how is it that the pure white calf has set its mind [to go] afar!

Descendants

• Korean: 오명가명 (omyeonggamyeong)

Korean

Etymology

From Early Modern Korean 오명가명 (womyengkamyeng), from Middle Korean 오명〮 가명〮 (Yale: wòmyéng kàmyéng), using the emphatic verb-final particle ㅇ (Yale: -ng) after the connective forms of 오다〮 (Yale: wòtá, “to come”) and 가다〮 (Yale: kàtá, “to go”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [o̞mjʌ̹ŋɡa̠mjʌ̹ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [오명가명]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	omyeonggamyeong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	omyeonggamyeong
McCune–Reischauer?	omyŏnggamyŏng
Yale Romanization?	omyengkamyeng

Adverb

오명가명 • (omyeonggamyeong)

1. (nonstandard, uncommon) while coming and going

   Synonyms: (Standard Korean) 오고 가며 (ogo gamyeo), (Standard Korean) 오다가 가다가 (odaga gadaga)

   • 1983, 박재삼 [bakjaesam, Park Jae-sam], 추억에서 [chueogeseo, In Memories]:

     晋(진)州(주) 南(남)江(강) 맑다 해도 오명가명 신새벽이나 밤빛에 보는 것을, 울엄매의 마음은 어떠했을꼬.

     Jinju Namgang makda haedo omyeonggamyeong sinsaebyeog-ina bambich-e boneun geos-eul, ur-eommae-ui ma'eum-eun eotteohaesseulkko.

     Even though the Nam River in Jinju is pure, she could only have seen it at the break of dawn or by the light of night, while rushing back and forth; I wonder what my mother felt at those times.

Derived terms

• 오명가명하다 (omyeonggamyeonghada)

 

Related terms

• 오락가락 (orakgarak)