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Korean
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | iyeo |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | iyeo |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | iyŏ |
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| Yale Romanization? | iye |
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Etymology 1
From Middle Korean 이〮여〮 (Yale: -í-yé), from Old Korean 亦 (*-ye), 也 (*-ye).
Note that there is no Old or Middle Korean evidence that the first syllable is supposed to be the copula 이다 (-ida); the honorific form 이시여 (-isiyeo), which would suggest such an origin, is first attested only in the twentieth century.[1]
Particle
이여 • (-iyeo)
- (literary) O; vocative particle with exclamatory nuances, attaching to nouns and nominalized verbs.
- 서울이여 안녕! ― Seour-iyeo annyeong! ― Goodbye, O, Seoul!
- 영원해라, 나의 이 행복이여. ― Yeong'won-haera, na-ui i haengbog-iyeo. ― May it be everlasting, o this happiness of mine.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Korean 이〮여〮 (Yale: -í-yé).
Particle
이여 • (-iyeo)
- (Chungcheong, Jeolla dialect) and; connective particle for enumerating nouns.
- Synonym: (Standard Seoul) 이랑 (-irang)
- 여 (-yeo) — obligatory after vowels, optional after consonants
- 이야 (-iya), 야 (-ya) — variant
References
- ^ 이성우 [iseong'u] (2016) “'이여'와 '이시여'의 문법적 지위와 차이 [iyeo wa isiyeo ui munbeopjeok jiwiwa chai, The grammatical status and differences of -iye and -isiye]”, in Gugeohak, volume 77, pages 167—197