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Korean
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key):
- Phonetic hangul:
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
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| Revised Romanization? | ija |
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| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | ija |
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| McCune–Reischauer? | ija |
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| Yale Romanization? | īca |
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Etymology 1
Sino-Korean word from 利子.
Noun
이자 • (ija) (hanja 利子)
- (finance) interest
Etymology 2
Related to 이제 (ije).
Adverb
이자 • (ija)
- (dialectal, Pyongan, Jeolla dialect, Gyeongsang) now
- Synonym: (Standard Korean) 이제 (ije)
2020 September 28, 최태선 [choetaeseon], “평안도 사투리와 각 지방 별명 [pyeong'ando saturiwa gak jibang byeolmyeong]”, in 김길선's 평양만사 [gimgilseon s pyeong'yangmansa], 자강도 송원군 [jagangdo song'won'gun]:그 다음 이자 평북도는 돼지 키우고...- Geu da'eum ija pyeongbukdo-neun dwaeji kiugo...
- Next, now in northern Pyongan province they raise pigs...
1979 December 1, 이수영 [isuyeong], “개무덤 [gaemudeom]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 경상북도 경주시 황오동 [gyeongsangbukdo gyeongjusi hwang'odong]:그래 주인은 마 술을 취해가주 이자 깨나서 보니...- Geurae ju'in-eun ma sur-eul chwihaegaju ija kkaenaseo boni...
- Then the house owners, who had been drunk from alchohol, had now woken up and saw...