헷말

Korean

Etymology

Compare 헛말 (heonmal, “false, baseless statement”), from 헛 (heot-, “false; in vain”) +‎ 말 (mal, “word; speech”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [he̞nma̠ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [헨말]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	henmal
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hesmal
McCune–Reischauer?	henmal
Yale Romanization?	heysmal

Noun

헷말 • (henmal)

1. (Russia) a lie; a false statement
   • 2008, 곽충구 [gwakchunggu, Kwak Chung-gu], “2008년도 국외 집단 이주 한민족의 지역어 조사 보고서 [2008nyeondo gugoe jipdan iju hanminjogui jiyeogeo josa bogoseo]”, in 국립국어원 [gungnipgugeowon], volume 1, National Institute of the Korean Language, page 133:

     남우 쌀으 먹는 사름덜이 헷말 아이한단 말이. (Russia)

     Namu ssar-eu meong-neun sareum-deor-i henmal aihandan mar-i.

     The people that eat other people's food do not lie.