소나이

Jeju

Alternative forms

• ᄉᆞ나이 (sawnai)
• 사나의 (sanaui)

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 사나이 (sanai).

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽sonai⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [sʰona̠i]
• Phonetic hangul: [소나이]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sonai
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sonai
Yale Romanization?	swonai

Noun

소나이 (sonai)

1. man (adult male human)

   Synonym: 남ᄌᆞ (namjaw)

2. husband

   Synonym: 남펜 (nampen)

Synonyms

• 각시 (gaksi)
• 아내 (anae)

References

• “소나이” in Jeju Dialect Dictionary, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.
• “소나이” in Andrew Cheng; K. David Harrison, Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, 2014.