-우

See also: 우 and -우-

Korean

Etymology

See 소 (-so) for more.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [u]
• Phonetic hangul: [우]

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

Suffix

우 • (-u)

1. (Standard Korean) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of 으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix).
   • 1997, 서울 토박이말 연구 [seoul tobagimal yeon'gu, Study of the Dialect of Seoul Natives], volume I, National Institute of Korean Language, →ISBN, page 260:

     박서방! 피란 안 가우? 갑시다. (Seoul)

     Bakseobang! Piran an gau? Gapsida.

     Mr Park! Are you not going to evacuate? Let's go.

2. (Pyongan) The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix.

   Synonym: (Standard Korean) 소 (-so)

Middle Korean

Etymology

From Old Korean 乎 (*-wo, adverb-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u/

Harmonic pair

Yin-form	우 (-wu)
Yang-form	오 (-wo)

Suffix

우 (-wu)

1. An adverb-deriving suffix attached to verb and adjective stems.

   Synonyms: 이 (-i), 게 (-key)

   ᄌᆞᆽ > ᄌᆞ조〮 ― còc- > còcwó ― to be frequent > frequently

   돌〯 > 도로 ― twǒl- > twòlwò ― to turn > again

   넘〯 > 너무 ― něm- > nèmwù ― to surpass > exceedingly, excessively