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-사

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Etymology 1

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From Old Korean (*-sa). Preserves the lost sibilant initial, cf. Middle Korean ᅀᅡ〮 (Yale: -zá).

Pronunciation

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Particle

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(-sa)

  1. Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Jeolla dialect form of (-ya, idiomatic emphatic particle).
    • 1982 August 8, 고상락 [gosangnak], “통두란과 이성계 [tongduran'gwa iseonggye]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 전라북도 옥구군 대야면 (현 군산시 대야면) [jeollabukdo okgugun daeyamyeon (hyeon gunsansi daeyamyeon)]:
      점드락 기달르고 는디 인자 늦게 ?
      jeomdeurak gidalleugo iss-eon-neundi injasa neutge wan-nya?
      I've been waiting here all day long but now you come late?

Etymology 2

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From Middle Korean 샤〮 (Yale: sy-á).

Pronunciation

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

Suffix

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(-sa)

  1. Post-vocalic and liquid allomorphic form of 으사 (-eusa).
    ()() ()()()()() []
    Bujae ollyanggonggyeomyang-hasa []
    For the Master was humane, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant []
    (from a traditional cantillation of the Analects)

Etymology 3

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Sino-Korean suffixes; see the main entries.

Suffix

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(-sa)

  1. See the entry at 사(社) (sa, company).
  2. See the entry at 사(史) (sa, history).