운애
Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Sino-Korean word from 雲靉 (“thick with cloud”). Compare Chinese 靉靆 (MC 'ojH dojH).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [unɛ] ~ [une̞]
- Phonetic hangul: [우내/우네]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | unae |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | un'ae |
| McCune–Reischauer? | unae |
| Yale Romanization? | wun.ay |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 운애의 / 운애에 / 운애까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.
Noun
[edit]- (literary or Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect) mist, fog
- Synonym: (Standard Korean) 안개 (an'gae)
Usage notes
[edit]- The dialectal word is spelled 우네 (une) in Standard Korean Language Dictionary, but the relevant regions generally merge ㅐ (ae) into ㅔ (e), so it seems more likely that it is the same as the literary word, only spelled more phonetically.
- The Dictionary of Southern Gyeongsang Varieties claims that the etymology of the dialectal word is from 雲崖 (“cloud-veiled cliff”), but this seems semantically far-fetched and is not further explained.
Further reading
[edit]- 경남 방언 사전 [gyeongnam bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of southern Gyeongsang varieties], volume II, South Gyeongsang Provincial Government, 2017, page 75