시나이

Korean

Etymology

Variant of 사나이 (sanai, “lad; man; husband”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɕʰina̠i]
• Phonetic hangul: [시나이]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sinai
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sinai
McCune–Reischauer?	sinai
Yale Romanization?	sinai

Noun

시나이 • (sinai)

1. (Hwanghae) husband (usually not one's own husband)

   Synonym: (Standard Seoul) 남편(男便) (nampyeon)

References

• 정원수 (Jeong Won-su) (2002) “황해도 방언 어휘의 몇 가지 특성 [hwanghaedo bang'eon eohwiui myeot gaji teukseong, Some characteristics of the vocabulary of the Hwanghae dialect]”, in Inmunhak yeon'gu, volume 29, number 2, pages 47—79