형아

Korean

Etymology

형(兄) (“older same-sex sibling”) +‎ 아 (-a, vocative particle).

Korean colloquial family terms commonly stem from a fused vocative. See Category:Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [çʌ̹ŋa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [형아]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	hyeong'a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	hyeong'a
McCune–Reischauer?	hyŏnga
Yale Romanization?	hyenga

Noun

형아 • (hyeong'a)

1. (childish) older brother of a boy

   Synonym: 형 (hyeong)

2. (childish, dated) older sister of a girl

   Synonym: 언니 (eonni)

Related terms

• 엉가 (eongga, “older sister of a woman”, dialectal)