거야

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 去 (“last”) + 夜 (“night”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)ja̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [거(ː)야]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	geoya
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	geoya
McCune–Reischauer?	kŏya
Yale Romanization?	kē.ya

Noun

거야 • (geoya) (hanja 去夜)

1. last night, yesterday evening

Synonyms

• 어젯밤 (eojetbam, “last night”)