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Korean
Etymology
Related to 에요 (-eyo), 어요 (-eoyo).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | yayo |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yayo |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | yayo |
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| Yale Romanization? | ya.yo |
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Suffix
야요 • (-yayo)
- (Pyongan, Hwanghae, Western Gangwon, particularly northern Seoul) Dialectal form of 예요 (-yeyo, “suffix used after the copulas 이다 (ida) and 아니다 (anida)”).
1980 February 17, “평남 베짜기 놀이 [pyeongnam bejjagi nori]”, in 동아방송 DBS [dong'abangsong DBS], 평안남도 남포시 [pyeong'annamdo namposi]:자, 싱싱한 새우젓이야요.- Ja, singsinghan sae'ujeosiyayo.
- behold, here is fresh saeu-jeot.
1995, Park Wan-Suh, 그 산이 정말 거기 었었을까 [Geu sani jeongmal geogi eosseosseulkka, Was that Mountain Really There?]:우리도 피난민이야요, 어듸메서 오셨시니까?- uri-do pinanminiyayo, eoduime-seo osyeot-sinikka?
- We're refugees as well, where did you come from?
2011 March 18, 조옥희 [jookhui], “도깨비가 만들어 준 만년보 [dokkaebiga mandeureo jun mannyeonbo]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 강원도 철원군 서면 [gang'wondo cheorwon'gun seomyeon]:그래 그게 도깨비가 한 말이야요, 그게.- Geurae geuge dokkaebi-ga han mariyayo, geuge.
- So that's is what the goblin had said.