금메

Korean

Interjection

금메 • (geumme)

1. (Jeolla dialect) well, i'm not sure

   Synonym: 글쎄 (geulsse)

   • 2018 January 30, 서판순 [seopansun], “5·18 때 겪은 이야기 [5·18 ttae gyeokkeun iyagi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 광주광역시 북구 생룡동 [gwangjugwang'yeoksi bukgu saengnyongdong]:

     갑경이네, 금메 거그 아지미. 차를 타갖고 있어서 거가 얘기를 허드라고.

     Gapgyeong-i-ne, geumme geogeu ajimi. Cha-reul tagatgo isseo-seo geo-ga yaegi-reul heo-deura-go.

     I'd heard that at Gapgyeong's, well, the lady [there] was riding a car.