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Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 납 (Yale: nàp).
이 (-i) is a common suffix added to animal names. The first element of the modern form was attached in the seventeenth century as ᄌᆡᆫ (coyn-), and is of unknown origin.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | jannabi |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | jannabi |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | channabi |
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| Yale Romanization? | cannapi |
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Noun
잔나비 • (jannabi) (counter 마리)
- (Chungcheong, Gangwon, dated in Standard Korean) monkey; ape
1883, 易言 (Ieon):왜인은동남의간사ᄒᆞᆫ잔나비엿보듯ᄒᆞ야- Waein-eun dongnam-ui gansa-han jannabi yeotboneun deut haya
- The Japanese behave as treacherous monkeys peeking from the southeast
2016 January 30, 정수병 [jeongsubyeong], “전씨 삼형제가 만든 취원정, 양신정, 압구정 [jeonssi samhyeongjega mandeun chwiwonjeong, yangsinjeong, apgujeong]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 충청북도 옥천군 동이면 [chungcheongbukdo okcheon'gun dong'imyeon]:울어대는 잔나비는 거듭 험난한 땅을 돌고...- Ureodaeneun jannabi-neun geodeup heomnanhan ttang-eul dolgo...
- A screeching monkey circulated the treacherous land
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