말씀
malsseum · TOPIK 1
words, speech (honorific)
말씀 = 말 (mal, speech) + 씀 (sseum, use): speech put to respectful use
말 is the plain word for speech; 말씀 is its honorific form, used for an elder's or superior's words and humbly for your own. The ending is traditionally linked to 쓰다, to use. Sound hook: mal-sseum, like a respectful mull-some.