셤

셤 U+C164, 셤
HANGUL SYLLABLE SYEOM
Composition:ㅅ + ㅕ + ㅁ
← 셣
[U+C163] 		Hangul Syllables 셥 →
[U+C165]
셔셕셖셗션셙셚
셛셜셝셞셟셠셡
셢셣셤셥셦셧셨
셩셪셫셬셭셮셯
세 ←→ 셰

Early Modern Korean

Alternative forms
  • 섬 (sem) – late 19th century

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 셤〯 (syěm).

Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Japanese 島 (shima, “island”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • (c. 1750) IPA(key): /sjəːm/, [ɕəːm]

Noun

셤 (syem)

  1. island
Descendants
  • Korean: 섬 (seom)

Etymology 2

From Middle Korean 셤〮 (syém).

Pronunciation
  • (c. 1750) IPA(key): /sjəm/, [ɕəm]

Noun

셤 (syem)

  1. a seom, a unit of volume
Descendants
  • Korean: 섬 (seom)

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2013), “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume 15, issue 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.

Korean

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɕʰɘ(ː)m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [셤(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?syeom
Revised Romanization (translit.)?syeom
McCune–Reischauer?syŏm
Yale Romanization?syēm

Noun

셤 • (syeom)

  1. (colloquial) Contraction of 시험(試驗) (siheom, “test, exam”).

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

Possibly related to Baekje 斯麻 (*syema, “island”) and Japanese 島 (shima, “island”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sjə̌m/, [ɕə̌m]

Noun

셤〯 (syěm)

  1. island
    • 1447, “Stanza 67”, in 龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가 [Yongbi Eocheon'ga]:
      셤〯 안해〮 자〮시ᇙ 제〮 한〮비〮 사ᄋᆞ〮리로ᄃᆡ〮 뷔〯어ᅀᅡ〮 ᄌᆞ〮ᄆᆞ니〮ᅌᅵ다〮
      syěm ành-áy cásìlq céy hánpí sàól-ì-lwòtóy pwǔyGèzá cómòníngìtá
      When [General Yi] stationed [his troops] on [Wihwa] Island, heavy rain fell for three days; only after [they] cleared themselves away from it, the [island] was submerged.
Descendants
  • Early Modern Korean: 셤 (syem), 섬 (sem)
    • Korean: 섬 (seom)
  • Jeju: 섬 (seom)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sjə́m/, [ɕə́m]

Counter

셤〮 (syém)

  1. a seom, a unit of volume
    • 1481, “君不見簡蘇徯 / 군불견간소혜”, in 分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해 [Bullyu Dugongbu Si Eonhae], page 19:45b:
      그듸ᄂᆞᆫ〮 긼〮ᄀᆞ〯ᅀᆡᆺ ᄇᆞ리〮옛〮ᄂᆞᆫ 모〮ᄉᆞᆯ 보디〮 아니〮ᄒᆞᄂᆞᆫ다〮 […] ᄒᆞᆫ 셤〮만〮 ᄒᆞᆫ 녯〯 므〮레 蛟龍이〮 갈맛〮ᄂᆞ니〮라
      kùtùy-nón kíl-s-kǒz-òy-s pòlíyéysnòn mwós-òl pwòtí àníhònòntá […] hòn syém-mán hòn nyěy-s múl-èy KYWO.LYWONG-í kàlmásnònílà
      Have you not seen by the roadside a deserted pond? […] In that seom of old water, there hides the Jiaolong.
Descendants
  • Early Modern Korean: 셤 (syem), 섬 (sem)
    • Korean: 섬 (seom)
  • Jeju: 섬 (seom)

References
  1. Vovin, Alexander (2013), “From Koguryo to T'amna”, in Korean Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume 15, issue 2, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →DOI, pages 222-240.
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