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Korean
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- 햇빛 (haetbit, “sunshine”) from 해 (hae, “sun”) + -s- + 빛 (bit, “light”), etymologically "light of the sun"
- 문법(文法) (munppeop, “grammar”) from 문(文) (mun, “writing”) + -s- + 법(法) (beop, “law”), etymologically "law of writing"
- 사잇소리 (saitsori) from 사이 (sai, “interval”) + -s- + 소리 (sori, “sound”), etymologically "sound of the interval"
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Etymology
사이 (sai, “interval”) + ㅅ (-s-, genitive morpheme) + 소리 (sori, “sound”)
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | saitsori |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sais'soli |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | saissori |
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| Yale Romanization? | sais.soli |
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Noun
사잇소리 • (saitsori)
- (phonology) an intervening phone in compound words
- (phonology) specifically, a Korean morpheme (historically /-s-/, now usually surfacing as a tensing or gemination of the subsequent consonant) which was once a genitive marker and is still used to form compound words
- Synonym: 사이시옷 (saisiot)
Usage notes
See more on the entry for ㅅ (s).