감저

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 甘藷, cognate with Korean 감자 (gamja, “potato”). Likely borrowed from Early Modern Korean 감져 (kamcye).

Pronunciation

(Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽kamt͡ɕə⫽
(Jeju City) IPA^(key): [ka̠md͡ʑə]
Phonetic hangul: [감저]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	gamjeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	gamjeo
Yale Romanization^?	kamce

Noun

감저 (gamjeo) (counter 관)

sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas
감저 ᄒᆞᆫ 관 ― gamjeo hawn gwan ― 1 gwan (3.75kg) of sweet potatoes

감전 어듸 줏일티?
gamjeon eodui jusilti?
Where will you gather the sweet potatoes?
- 2009, 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan], “–광 [–gwang]”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 86:
  어디 하영 썰엉 ᄆᆞᆯ릴 감저 이심광.
  Eodi hayeong sseoreong mawllil gamjeo isimgwang.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2018 January 12, 양전형 [yangjeonhyeong], “엿날 돗통시 지들팡 / 이종실 [yeonnal dottongsi jideulpang / ijongsil]”, in 제주어보전회 일반자료실 [jejueobojeonhoe - ilbanjaryosil, Jeju Preservation Society]‎^[2]:
  그 사름 은 곤밥 먹은 소리 로 ᄒᆞ엿주마는 난 알아 먹기 쉽게 감저 쳥 먹은 소리 로 번역ᄒᆞ멍 ᄀᆞᆯ으쿠다.
  Geu sareum-eun gonbammeogeun sori-ro hawyeotjumaneun nan arameokgi swipge gamjeo cheong meogeun sori-ro beonyeokhawmeong gawreukuda.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, “Chapter 8: Connective and Discourse Markers”, in Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 259:
  순자 주젠 감저 ᄋᆞᆽ어간 보난, 밥 먹엇(이)관데, ᄋᆞᆽ엉 와 빗저
  sunja jujen gamjeo awjeogan bonan, bap meogeot(i)gwande, awjeong wabitjeo
  When I brought sweet potatoes for Sunja, (I noticed that) she had eaten her meal so I brought them back.

Alternative forms

감ᄌᆞ (gamjaw), 감제 (gamje)

Derived terms

ᄂᆞᆯ감저 (nawlgamjeo, “unripe sweet potato”)
감저구뎅이 (gamjeogudeng'i, “sweet potato storage pit”)
감저눌 (gamjeonul, “storage room for storing sweet potatoes”)
감저밥 (gamjeobap, “rice mixed with sweet potato”)
감저범벅 (gamjeobeombeok, “sweet potato porridge”)
감저뻿데기 (gamjeoppetdegi, “cut-up dried sweet potato”)
감저죽 (gamjeojuk, “sweet potato juk”)
감젓메놓다 (gamjeonmenota, “to plant sweet potatoes”)
감젓메왓 (gamjeonmewat, “sweet potato plantation”)
감젓줄 (gamjeotjul, “sweet potato stem”)
새감저 (saegamjeo, “newly sprouted sweet potato”)
생감저 (saenggamjeo, “unripe sweet potato”)
쳇감저 (chetgamjeo, “first crop of sweet potatoes”)

References

Changyong Yang; Sejung Yang; William O'Grady (2020), Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island (in Jeju), Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR
제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009), 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[3], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, pages 31-32
국내 나들이/제주도(濟州道) [gungnae nadeuri/jejudo] (30 December 2019), “고구마눌 [gogumanul]”, in 즐거움을 찾아서~~ [jeulgeoumeul chajaseo~~]‎^[4]