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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 去 (“last”) + 夜 (“night”)
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | geoya |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | geoya |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kŏya |
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| Yale Romanization? | kē.ya |
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Noun
거야 • (geoya) (hanja 去夜)
- last night, yesterday evening
Synonyms
- 어젯밤 (eojetbam, “last night”)