잔나비

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 납 (Yale: nàp).

이 (-i) is a common suffix added to animal names. The first element of the modern form was attached in the seventeenth century as ᄌᆡᆫ (coyn-), and is of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠nna̠bi]
Phonetic hangul: [잔나비]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	jannabi
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	jannabi
McCune–Reischauer^?	channabi
Yale Romanization^?	cannapi

Noun

잔나비 • (jannabi) (counter 마리)

(Chungcheong, Gangwon, dated in Standard Korean) monkey; ape
- 1883, 易言 (Ieon):
  왜인 은 동남 의 간사ᄒᆞᆫ잔나비엿보듯 ᄒᆞ야
  Waein-eun dongnam-ui gansa-han jannabi yeotboneun deut haya
  The Japanese behave as treacherous monkeys peeking from the southeast
- 2016 January 30, 정수병 [jeongsubyeong], “전씨 삼형제가 만든 취원정, 양신정, 압구정 [jeonssi samhyeongjega mandeun chwiwonjeong, yangsinjeong, apgujeong]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 충청북도 옥천군 동이면 [chungcheongbukdo okcheon'gun dong'imyeon]:
  울어대는 잔나비는 거듭 험난한 땅 을 돌고...
  Ureodaeneun jannabi-neun geodeup heomnanhan ttang-eul dolgo...
  A screeching monkey circulated the treacherous land

Synonyms

원숭이 (wonsung'i)