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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 口蓋音化, from 口蓋音 (“palatal sound”) + 化 (“-ize”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): ~
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | gugaeeumhwa |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gugaeeumhwa |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | kugaeŭmhwa |
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| Yale Romanization? | kwūkay.umhwa |
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Noun
구개음화 • (gugaeeumhwa) (hanja 口蓋音化)
- (phonology) palatalization
한자 的의 한국어 독음은 구개음화로 인해 ‘뎍’에서 ‘적’으로 변했다.- Hanja 的-ui han'gugeo dogeum-eun gugaeeumhwa-ro inhae ‘dyeok’-eseo ‘jeok’-euro byeonhaetda.
- The Korean reading for the hanja 的 changed from dyeok to jeok due to palatalization.
Derived terms
- ㄱ 구개음화 (giyeok gugaeeumhwa, “velar-to-alveolopalatal palatalization”)
- ㄷ 구개음화 (digeut gugaeeumhwa, “alveolar-to-alveolopalatal palatalization”)