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Korean
Etymology
See 소 (-so) for more.
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | u |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | u |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | u |
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| Yale Romanization? | wu |
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Suffix
우 • (-u)
- (Standard Korean) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of 으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix).
1997, 서울 토박이말 연구 [seoul tobagimal yeon'gu, Study of the Dialect of Seoul Natives], volume I, National Institute of Korean Language, →ISBN, page 260:박서방! 피란 안 가우? 갑시다. (Seoul)- Bakseobang! Piran an gau? Gapsida.
- Mr Park! Are you not going to evacuate? Let's go.
- (Pyongan) The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix.
- Synonym: (Standard Korean) 소 (-so)
Middle Korean
Etymology
From Old Korean 乎 (*-wo, adverb-deriving suffix).
Pronunciation
Harmonic pair
| Yin-form
|
우 (-wu)
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| Yang-form
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오 (-wo)
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Suffix
우 (-wu)
- An adverb-deriving suffix attached to verb and adjective stems.
- Synonyms: 이 (-i), 게 (-key)
- ᄌᆞᆽ > ᄌᆞ조〮 ― còc- > còcwó ― to be frequent > frequently
- 돌〯 > 도로 ― twǒl- > twòlwò ― to turn > again
- 넘〯 > 너무 ― něm- > nèmwù ― to surpass > exceedingly, excessively