염통

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Gugeupganibang eonhae (救急簡易方諺解 / 구급간이방언해), 1489, as Middle Korean 렴토ᇰ (Yale: lyemthwong).

Perhaps the first syllable is related to Manchu ᠨᡳᠶᠠᠮᠠᠨ (niyaman, “heart”) and Jurchen 捏麻 (nie-ma /niama/, “heart”). The second element is —통 (-tong, body part suffix), also found in other words, such as 목통 (moktong, “throat”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeomtong
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeomtong
McCune–Reischauer?yŏmt'ong
Yale Romanization?yemthong

Noun

염통 • (yeomtong)

  1. heart (as meat)
    소 염통 구이
    so yeomtong gu'i
    roasted beef heart
  2. (less common, not academic) heart (in general)
    • 2012, 신해영, 이모네 집에 갔는데 이모는 없고‎, →ISBN:
      우리 이모는 아마 염통이 까만색일 거다. 털로 뒤덮여서.
      Uri imo-neun ama yeomtong'i kkamansaegil geoda. Teol-lo dwideopyeoseo.
      My aunt's heart is probably black. Because it must be covered in hair.
    • 2015, 방은선, 상냥하게 안아줘 上(상)‎, →ISBN:
      막 뛰던 염통은 잠잠해진 대신 이제 지끈거렸다.
      Mak ttwideon yeomtong-eun jamjamhaejin daesin ije jikkeun'georyeotda.
      While the heart that had been beating wildly had quieted now, it ached instead.
    • 2019, Urabi, 간택 3권‎, →ISBN:
      사람 염통을 조여 오는 그 사내의 성정
      saram yeomtong-eul joyeo oneun geu sanae-ui seongjeong
      that man's temperament, which strains [other] people's hearts
    Synonym: 심장(心臟) (simjang)

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2006), “Why Manchu and Jurchen Look So Un-Tungusic”, in Alessandra Pozzi, Juha Janhunen and Michael Weiers, editors, Tumen jalafun secen aku. Manchu Studies in Honour of Giovanni Stary, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, pages 255-266.
  2. Martin, Samuel E.; Yang Ha Lee; Sung-Un Chang (1975) A Korean-English Dictionary, New Haven: Yale University Press, page 1709.
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