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Korean
- 사이시읏 (saisieut) (North Korea)
Etymology
사이 (sai, “interval”) + 시옷 (siot, Korean letter)
Pronunciation
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| Revised Romanization? | saisiot |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | saisios |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | saisiot |
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| Yale Romanization? | saisios |
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Noun
사이시옷 • (saisiot)
- (linguistics) a Korean morpheme found in many compound words; synonym of 사잇소리 (saitsori)
- (linguistics) in South Korean orthography, the Korean letter ㅅ (-s-) when used to write this morpheme