-니께

Korean

Etymology

Compare ㄴ께, although this form has also spread outside of Chungcheong and Jeolla.

Suffix

니께 (-nikke)

  1. (Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, less common in Gyeonggi, Hwanghae, Pyongan) Post-vowel and post- allomorphic form of 으니께 (-eunikke).
    • 1980 June 22, 이재득, “금봉이와 은금이”, in 한국구비문학대계, 충청남도 당진시:
      금벵이 가만히 생각니께 약속 어그러진 같어.
      Geumbeng'i-ga gamanhi saenggakheonikke geu yaksog-i da eogeureojin geot gateo.
      As the larve thought quietly, [he realised that] the promise had seemed to have been ruined
    • 1979 August 13, 김의호, “구렁이 색씨”, in 한국구비문학대계, 경기도 여주시 대신면:
      니께... , 그냥 환하게 이러던 캄캄하단 , 뛰어넘어 니께...
      Geuphaenikke... Geujib-i, geunyang hwanhage ireodeon jib-i kamkamhadan mar-ya, dam-eul ttwieoneomeo ganikke...
      Because they were urgent, they jumped into a house which, although once bright, was now dark.
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