열흘

Jeju

Etymology

From Middle Korean 열흘 (yelhul), the second morpheme from Proto-Koreanic *hoL (“day”). Cognate with Korean 열흘 (yeolheul).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽jəlhɨl⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [jəɾɦɨɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [열흘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeolheul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeolheul
Yale Romanization?	yel.hul

Noun

열흘 (yeolheul)

1. ten days

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 열흘 (Yale: yelhul), the second morpheme from Proto-Koreanic *hoL (“day”). Cognate with Jeju 열흘 (yeolheul).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [jʌ̹ɾɣɯɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [열흘]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yeolheul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yeolheul
McCune–Reischauer?	yŏrhŭl
Yale Romanization?	yel.hul

Noun

열흘 • (yeolheul)

1. ten days
2. (dated, rare) tenth day of the month

Synonyms

• 십날 (simnal)

See also

Korean words for the number of days

one day	two days	three days	four days	five days	six days	seven days	eight days	nine days	ten days	fifteen days
하루 (haru)	이틀 (iteul)	사흘 (saheul)	나흘 (naheul)	닷새 (datsae)	엿새 (yeotsae)	이레 (ire)	여드레 (yeodeure)	아흐레 (aheure)	열흘 (yeolheul)	보름 (boreum)