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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 쇠나기〮 (Yale: swòynàkí).
A conjunction of 쇠 (swoy, “very, suddenly, large”, adverb) + 나 (na-, “to exit”) + 기 (-ki).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | sonagi |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sonagi |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sonagi |
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| Yale Romanization? | sonaki |
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Noun
소나기 • (sonagi)
- shower (rain that rains heavily for a short amount of time)
- (Hamgyong, Yukjin) thunder