홀-

See also: 홀

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞ올 (Yale: howol), from unattested earlier *ᄒᆞᄫᆞᆯ (Yale: *howol), preserved in ᄒᆞᄫᆞᅀᅡ (Yale: hoWoza, “by oneself; alone”).

In Middle Korean, this was a noun meaning "being alone; being single"; the noun use survives in fossilized form in 홀로 (hollo, “alone; by oneself”), which incorporates the noun particle 로 (-ro, “by, with”), but is otherwise obsolete.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞ɭ]
• Phonetic hangul: [홀]

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

Prefix

홀 • (hol-)

1. single

Derived terms

• 홀몸 (holmom, “single (person)”)
• 홀수 (holsu, “odd number”)
• 홀씨 (holssi, “spore”)
• 홀아비 (horabi, “widower”)
• 홀어미 (horeomi, “widow”)

 

Related terms

• 혼자 (honja)
• 홀로 (hollo)