머냐

Korean

Etymology

Of native Korean origin.

Adverb

머냐 • (meonya)

1. (Northern Jeolla dialect) first, the first time
   • 1982 August 22, 원대일 [wondaeil], “단명을 모면한 이운선 [danmyeong'eul momyeonhan iunseon]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 전라북도 옥구군 성산면 (현 군산시 성산면) [jeollabukdo okgugun seongsanmyeon (hyeon gunsansi seongsanmyeon)]:

     근디 인자 저그 아부지가 머냐 죽었는디 저그 아부지 지사를 지낸다고 나왔는디...

     Geundi inja jeo-geu abuji-ga meonya jugeon-neundi jeo-geu abuji jisa-reul jinaen-dago nawan-neundi...

     But my father died first so we were doing the ancestral rites for my father...