-이라우
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Shortened from 이라(고) 하오 (-i-ra(-go) ha-o, “[one] says that it is...”, in the semi-formal style).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (southern Jeolla) IPA(key): [iɾa̠(w)][1]
Particle
[edit]이라우 • (-irau)
- (Jeolla dialect) Attached to nouns, or to the verb-final suffixes of the intimate style, to form the polite style (i.e. adding politeness).
- 1998, 이기갑 [igigap], “전남 방언의 상대높임법 [jeonnam bang'eonui sangdaenopimbeop, The addressee honorifics of the southern Jeolla dialect]”, in Hangul, volume 240, pages 355—396:
Usage notes
[edit]- It cannot be used after 어 (-eo, infinitive suffix) when said suffix is used to convey new questions or orders. When it is used after 어 (-eo) in such moods, it is always when repeating a previously stated question or order, in an echo question repeating back a question one has been asked, or in a rhetorical question.[1]
Alternative forms
[edit]- 라우 (-rau) — after vowels
- 라오 (rao), 이라오 (-irao) — dated or archaic (primary form in 1930s)[1]
- 라 (-ra), 이라 (-ira) — more common in eastern Jeolla[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 고광모 (Ko Kwang-mo) (2004) “전남 방언의 상대높임법 조사 '(이)라우, (이)람니짜, (이)람니야, (이)랑가'와 '이다'의 기원과 형성 과정 [jeonnam bang'eonui sangdaenopimbeop josa -(i)rau, -(i)ramnijja, -(i)ramniya, -(i)rangga wa -ida ui giwon'gwa hyeongseong gwajeong, The development of the politeness markers -(i)lawu, -(i)lamnicca, -(i)lamniya, -(i)langka, and -ita in the southern Jeolla dialect of Korean]”, in Eoneohak, volume 38, pages 3—42