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Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 餓死, from 餓 (“hungry”) + 死 (“death”).
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? | asa |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | asa |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | asa |
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| Yale Romanization? | āsa |
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Noun
아사 • (asa) (hanja 餓死)
- death from starvation
Derived terms
- 아사하다 (餓死—, asahada, “to die of starvation”)