Korean slang profile
코이마 지수
koima jisu
An imported-raw-material price index
An index published by the Korea Importers Association after surveying prices of major imported raw materials.
- Expanded form
- Korea Importers Association + 지수Korea Importers Association + 지수 (index)
- Other spellings
- KOIMA지수
- Earliest source found
- 2004
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
보고서에서 코이마 지수의 월별 흐름을 살펴보았다.
I examined monthly 코이마 지수 trends in the report.
02Documented history
- 2004The National Institute of Korean Language’s 2004 new-word collection lists the headword “코이마 지수” and its definition.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The collection names an index using KOIMA’s initials and defines a composite of major raw-material import prices. Who first used it and when have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationHigh
The headword, definition, and source-language spelling in the 2004 collection were compared. The original older articles re-quoted there were not directly opened, so their dates were not used for firstSeen. The first coinage and spread remain unverified. The definition continues onto PDF page 95. The product count and announcement method are treated only as the source’s account at the time.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 2004년 신어 (국립국어원)Published 2004Original source checked Nov 14, 2026