Template:ko-etym-Sino

Sino-Korean word from {{{1}}}

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The following documentation is located at Template:ko-etym-Sino/documentation. ^[edit]

Useful links: subpage list • links • redirects • transclusions • errors (parser/module) • sandbox

Usage

Use this template in the etymology section of a Korean word with an uncertain Chinese etymon. When the specific language is known (Mandarin, Cantonese, Min Nan, etc.) please use {{der|ko|lang}} or {{bor|ko|lang}} along with the relevant language code.

Parameters

If only one term is supplied

|1=

The Sinitic word to be linked to.

|2=

A gloss for |1=.

If multiple terms are supplied

|1=

The first component of the Sinitic word.

|2=

A gloss for |1=.

|3=, |4=

Another component of the Sinitic word, and its gloss.

|4=, |5=

Another component of the Sinitic word, and its gloss.

|genitive=

For compounds which undergo phonologically unconditioned obstruent tensing. Use {{ko-etym-sino|genitive=y}}.

• If the components as a combined whole form an existing entry name, then that entry will be linked to.

Examples

Simple usage:

{{ko-etym-Sino|辭典|dictionary}}

Sino-Korean word from 辭典 (“dictionary”)

Usage detailing multiple components:

{{ko-etym-Sino|辭|word|典|dictionary}}

Sino-Korean word from 辭典, from 辭 (“word”) + 典 (“dictionary”)

Usage detailing multiple components, the sum of which does not form an existing entry name:

{{ko-etym-Sino|平|flat|壤|earth|市|city}}

Sino-Korean word from 平 (“flat”) + 壤 (“earth”) + 市 (“city”)

See also

• {{ko-sino-reading}}, when the term is a Sino-Korean reading of a word not of Sinitic origin.