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Korean
- 나 (-na) — after vowels and ㄹ (l)
Etymology
From Middle Korean 으〮나〮/ᄋᆞ〮나〮 (Yale: -óná/úná), from Old Korean 乃 (*-na), 隱乃 (*-una).
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | euna |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | euna |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ŭna |
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| Yale Romanization? | una |
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Suffix
으나 • (-euna)
- (formal) but
광주·전남지역은 곳에 따라 구름이 많이 끼겠으나 대체로 맑겠습니다.- Gwangju·Jeonnamjiyeog-eun gos-e ttara gureum-i mani kkigesseuna daechero malgetseumnida.
- Gwangju and Jeonnam region will be partly cloudy, but mostly clear.
- Used as an emphatic interfix between certain reduplicated adjectival stems.
- 높으나 높다 ― nopeuna nopda ― to be very high
- 기나길다 ― ginagilda ― to be very long
Suffix
으나... 으나 • (-euna... -euna)
- regardless, whether or not
- Synonym: 든... 든 (-deun... -deun)
있으나 없으나 별 차이가 없다.- isseuna eopseuna byeol chai-ga eopda.
- There's little difference whether you have it or not.