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Jeju
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /na̠t̚/
Noun
낫 (nat)
- daytime; noon
Korean
Etymology
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 낟〮 (Yale: nát). Possibly related to 날 (nal, “blade, edge”).
Possibly cognate with Japanese 鉈 (nata, “hatchet”).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | nat |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | nas |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | nat |
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| Yale Romanization? | nas |
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Noun
낫 • (nat)
- sickle, scythe
Derived terms
Middle Korean
Noun
낫〮 (nás)
- Isolated form spelling of 낮〮 (nác, “daytime”)