[Supplementary]
A glossary of terminology found in QUEENKILLER, KINGMAKER
Book One: A Grace of Crowns
Book Two: The Courtesy of Kings
This appendix is not required in order to fully read and appreciate the novel, and is only intended for added refe...
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Honorifics are attached as a suffix following one's family name. Given names are used only between close friends, siblings, or partners.
They are not used as a way to address someone the same way we might use "sir" or "madam", nor do they mean anything on their own.
[Casual Honorifics: For use between friends and/or close family]
• -dae • when speaking to a person within the same age range.
• -uchi • when speaking to a child or a person much younger than yourself. Also used by parents to refer to their younger children.
• -assa • when speaking to a person older than yourself. Also used by parents to refer to their older children.
• -rinn • when speaking to a middle-aged woman. Also used to speak or refer to one's aunt.
• -hann • when speaking to a middle-aged man. Also used to speak or refer to one's uncle.
[Polite Honorifics: For use between acquaintances, distant friends and relatives, strangers you meet outside of specific contexts, etc.]
• -dame • when speaking to a person within the same age range.
• -dasang • when speaking to a person older than yourself.
• -omma • when speaking to an elderly woman. Also used to speak or refer to one's grandmother.
• -oppung • when speaking to an elderly man. Also used to speak or refer to one's grandfather.
[Formal Honorifics: For use between colleagues, peers, classmates, etc.]
• -dji • when speaking or referring to a person of lower or a junior rank.
• -djung • when speaking or referring to a person of higher or a senior rank. Also used to speak or refer to a master or professional practitioner such as a doctor, chef, prominent artist, etc.
• -nue • when speaking or referring to one's boss or employer, or a person in a position of leader- or ownership. Also used to speak or refer to teachers, professors, tutors, etc.
[Formal Honorifics: For use with people of high authority or noble blood]
• -sang • when speaking or referring to a woman of high position.
• -seung • when speaking or referring to a man of high position.
• -sangchi • when speaking or referring to a young girl of high position.
