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Jeju
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Early Modern Korean 시 (-si-). Ultimately from Old Korean 賜 (*-si). See the main entry for more.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | -si- |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | si |
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| Yale Romanization? | si |
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Suffix
시 (-si-)
- Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of 으시 (-eusi-, honorific suffix used with 읍서 (-eupseo)).
2020, Changyong Yang, Sejung Yang, William O'Grady, Jejueo : the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, →DOI, →ISBN, →JSTOR, page 215:싱그십서 […] 이펜더레 도십서..- Singgeu-si-b-seo. I pen-deole do-si-b-seo.
- Please plant it. Please, turn around to this side.
- (rare) Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of 으시 (-eusi-, subject honorific suffix).
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Korean 시〮 (Yale: -sí-). See the main entry for more.
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | si |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | si |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | si |
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| Yale Romanization? | si |
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Suffix
시 • (-si-)
- Post-vowel and post-liquid allomorphic form of 으시 (-eusi-, subject honorific suffix).