쉬리

Korean

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ʃʰɥiɾi] ~ [ʃʰyɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [쉬리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	swiri
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	swili
McCune–Reischauer?	shwiri
Yale Romanization?	swili

Noun

쉬리 • (swiri)

1. The Korean splendid dace, Coreoleuciscus splendidus.

References

• National Institute of the Korean Language (Naver.com mirror) (2007 January 16 (last accessed)) “쉬리 [swiri]”, in 표준국어대사전 [pyojun'gugeodaesajeon]‎^[1]
• 김, 익수 with 박종영 (2002) “쉬리”, in 한국의 민물고기, Seoul: Kyo-Hak Publishing, →ISBN, page 104

Etymology 2

Formed from 쉬다 (swida, “to rest or breathe”) using the poetic future suffix -리 (-ri).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈʃʰɥi(ː)ɾi] ~ [ˈʃʰy(ː)ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [쉬(ː)리]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	swiri
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	swili
McCune–Reischauer?	shwiri
Yale Romanization?	swīli

Verb

쉬리 • (swiri) (poetic future of 쉬다)

1. will/do rest, will/do breathe
   • Latter-Day Saints of Korea, "God, Our Father, Hear Us Pray" ^[2]

     주님사랑에 편히 쉬리

     junimsarang-e pyeonhi swiri

     On our Father's love we rest