오래비

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Korean

Etymology

See the main entry. Presumably /i/-umlaut form of 오라비 (orabi)

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oraebi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?olaebi
McCune–Reischauer?oraebi
Yale Romanization?olaypi

Noun

오래비 (oraebi)

  1. (Seoul, Gangwon, Jeolla dialect, Chungcheong, Pyongan, Hamgyong, Hwanghae, Yukjin) brother of a female
    Synonyms: 오빠 (oppa), 오라비 (orabi)
    • 1979 March 11, 김동헌 [gimdongheon], “박문수를 가르쳐준 신동들 [bangmunsureul gareucheojun sindongdeul]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎, 충청남도 부여군 옥산면 [chungcheongnamdo buyeogun oksanmyeon]:
      전부 오래비 못나 그러는지.
      Neo-neun ir-i jeonbu-ga oraebi-ga monna-seo geureo-neunji.
      This is all because your older brother is good for nothing.

Synonyms

Historical and regional synonyms of 오빠 (oppa, older brother of a female)
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GroupRegionLocationWords
Standardised formsSouth Korean Standard Language오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (hon.), 오라비 (orabi) (also y.)
North Korean Cultured Language오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (hon.), 오래비 (oraebi) (also y.)
Historical formsMiddle Korean오〮라비〮 (wólàpí) (also y.)
Early Modern Seoul Korean오라비 (orabi) (also y.), 오래비 (oraebi) (also y.)
Central KoreanGyeonggiModern colloquial Seoul오빠 (oppa) (other traditional Seoul forms are not used)
Traditional Seoul오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (hon.), 오라비 (orabi) (also y.), 오래비 (oraebi) (also y.)
YeongdongSamcheok오빠 (óppà), 오라버니 (órábèonì), 오라바이 (órábàì)
Jeongseon오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni), 오라버이 (orabeoi)
North ChungcheongCheongju오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni)
Goesan오라버니 (orabeoni)
Boeun오빠 (oppa), 오라버이 (orabeoi)
Okcheon오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni)
Yeongdong오빠 (oppa), 오라버니 (orabeoni)
South ChungcheongCheonan오라버니 (orabeoni)
Cheongyang오라버니 (orabeoni)
Buyeo오라버니 (orabeoni)
Seocheon오빠 (oppa)
Nonsan오라버니 (orabeoni)
South HwanghaeAnak오빠 (oppa)
North HwanghaePongsan오라바이 (orabai)
Gyeongsang KoreanNorth GyeongsangDaegu올배 (ólbè)
Mungyeong'오빠 ( oppa)
Andong오라배 (órábè)
Pohang'오'라바시 ( o rabasi)
South GyeongsangBusan오라배 (órábè), '오'라부이 ( o rabu'i) (hon.), 오래비 (órébì) (deprec.), '오'라바이 ( o rabai) (deprec.)
Ulsan오라배 (órábè)
Geochang오라배 (órábè), 오라버니 (órábèunì), '오'라바이 ( o rabai)
Hamyang'오'라바이 ( o rabai)
Jinju'오'라배 ( o rabae)
Yangsan오래배 (órébè)
Goseong'오'라배 ( o rabae)
Geoje오랍세 (órápsè)
Jeolla KoreanNorth JeollaGunsan오라바니 (orabani)
Iksan오라바니 (orabani)
Wanju오랍씨 (orapssi), 오라바니 (orabani) (hon.)
Gimje오라바니 (orabani)
Jeongeup오래비 (oraebi)
Imsil오래비 (oraebi), 오라바이 (orabai) (hon.), 오라바니 (orabani) (hon.)
South JeollaYeonggwang오빠 (oppa), 오랍씨 (orapssi)
Jangseong오라버니 (orabeoni)
Gokseong오빠 (oppa), 오라부니 (orabuni), 오라부지 (orabuji)
Sinan오랍씨 (orapssi), 오람 (oram)
Muan오빠 (oppa), 오라비 (orabi), 오라부 (orabu) (voc.), 오라부님 (orabunim) (voc.)
Naju오라버니 (orabeoni)
Hwasun오라버니 (orabeoni)
Suncheon오랍씨 (orapssi)
Gwangyang오랍씨 (orapssi), 오래비 (oraebi)
Yeongam오라버니 (orabeoni)
Jindo오빠 (oppa), 오라부 (orabu), 오라부님 (orabunim), 오람씨 (oramssi)
Haenam오라버니 (orabeoni)
Gangjin오라버니 (orabeoni)
Wando오랍씨 (orapssi), 오람 (oram)
Boseong오라부니 (orabuni)
Goheung오라비 (orabi)
Yeosu오랍쎄 (orapsse)
Pyongan KoreanSouth PyonganRyonggang오래비 (oraebi) (if unmarried), 오라바니 (orabani) (if married), 오라반 (oraban) (if married)
Songchon오래비 (oraebi)
Mundok오래비 (oraebi), 오라버니 (orabeoni) (if brother is over 50 years old), 오라버님 (orabeonim) (if brother is over 50 years old)
North PyonganRyongchon오래비 (oraebi) (children use personal names to address older brothers)
DiasporaDandong오르바니 (oreubani)
Hamgyong KoreanSouth HamgyongTanchon'오래비 ( oraebi)
Yukjin KoreanDiasporaHunchun오래비 (óràebì) (as children), 오라바니 (óràbànì) (as adults)
JejuJeju City오라방 (orabang) (also y.), 오라바님 (orabanim), 오라뱀 (orabaem)
Seogwipo오라방 (orabang) (also y.), 오라바님 (orabanim), 오라뱀 (orabaem)
hon.: honorific / deprec.: deprecatory / voc.: vocative
also y.: refers to any brother of a female, regardless of relative age
This table is an amalgamation of surveys of speakers mostly born before 1950 and may not reflect the language of younger speakers, which has lexically converged towards the standard Seoul dialect in both North and South Koreas.