아사

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 餓死, from 餓 (“hungry”) + 死 (“death”).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈa̠(ː)sʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [아(ː)사]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

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

Noun

아사 • (asa) (hanja 餓死)

1. death from starvation

Derived terms

• 아사하다 (餓死—, asahada, “to die of starvation”)