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Korean
Etymology
From Middle Korean 요ᄉᆞ이 (yoso.i). First attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 요ᄉᆞᅀᅵ (Yale: yosozi), a compound of 요 (yo, “this”) + ᄉᆞᅀᅵ (sozi, “space between”).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | yosai |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yosai |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yosai |
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| Yale Romanization? | yosai |
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Adverb
요사이 • (yosai)
- recently
after 1795, 李洙 (I Su) et al., chapter 7, in 重刊老乞大諺解 (Junggan Nogeoldae Eonhae) [Reprinted Nogeoldae, with Korean Interpretation]Ogura Coll. Asami Coll., volume 1, page 15:요ᄉᆞ이 아ᄂᆞᆫ 사ᄅᆞᆷ이 이셔 와 니ᄅᆞ되 / ᄆᆞᆯ 갑-시 요ᄉᆞ이 죠하- yosoi anon salom-i isye wa nilotwoy / mol kaps-i yosoi cyoha
- Recently a man I know has come and said, / the price of horses has been good recently