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Korean
Etymology
형(兄) (“older same-sex sibling”) + 아 (-a, vocative particle).
Korean colloquial family terms commonly stem from a fused vocative. See Category:Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | hyeong'a |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | hyeong'a |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | hyŏnga |
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| Yale Romanization? | hyenga |
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Noun
형아 • (hyeong'a)
- (childish) older brother of a boy
- Synonym: 형 (hyeong)
- (childish, dated) older sister of a girl
- Synonym: 언니 (eonni)
- 엉가 (eongga, “older sister of a woman”, dialectal)