-으꾸마

Korean

Etymology

Compare 스꾸마 (-seukkuma), 습꾸마 (-seupkkuma), which are also common Yukjin dialect forms.

Suffix

으꾸마 (-eukkuma)

  1. (Yukjin, Koryo-mar, Yukjin speakers in Yanbian) the declarative suffix in the 하십시오체 (hasipsioche, “formal polite”) speech level.
    Synonyms: (standard Korean) 습니다 (-seumnida), (Hamgyong Korean) 슴다 (-seumda)
    • 2015 February 20, 장 율리아, “제사 때 찾아오는 영혼”, in 한국구비문학대계, 우즈베키스탄 누쿠스:
      그거 아이 받아들인다고서리 전에 우리 아부지 말했으꾸마.
      Ssam-eul ha-meu jeor-eul geugeo ai badadeurin-dago-seori geujeone uri abujirang malhaesseukkuma.
      "If you fight then you won't receive any bows", that's what my father had said back then.
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