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Korean
Etymology
Believed to be from the Middle Korean verb ᄉᆡ다〮 (Yale: sòy-tá, “to be sour”), which was already sometimes used for intensifying effect in the fifteenth century. Hence related to 시다 (sida, “to be sour”).
Pronunciation
| Romanizations |
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| Revised Romanization? | sae |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | sae |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | sae |
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| Yale Romanization? | say |
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Prefix
새- • (sae-)
- (of colors) deep, strong, vivid (used before adjectives beginning with an obstruent followed by a yang-vowel)
- 새- (sae-, “deep”) + 까맣다 (kkamata, “black”) → 새까맣다 (saekkamata, “pitch-black”)
- 샛- (saet-) — before sonorants followed by a yang-vowel
- 시- (si-) — before obstruents followed by a yin-vowel
- 싯- (sit-) — before sonorants followed by a yin-vowel
Derived terms
References
- ^ 具本寬 (2007) “접두사의 통시적인 발달 과정에 대하여—'휘', '민/맨', '새/샛/시/싯'을 중심으로— ”, in 남성우 , editor, 국어사 연구와 자료 , pages 157—179