사잇소리

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Korean

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Examples
  • 햇빛 (haetbit, sunshine) from (hae, sun) + -s- + (bit, light), etymologically "light of the sun"
  • 문법(文法) (munppeop, grammar) from 문(文) (mun, writing) + -s- + 법(法) (beop, law), etymologically "law of writing"
  • 사잇소리 (saitsori) from 사이 (sai, interval) + -s- + 소리 (sori, sound), etymologically "sound of the interval"

Etymology

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사이 (sai, interval) +‎ (-s-, genitive morpheme) +‎ 소리 (sori, sound)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠iss͈o̞ɾi] ~ [sʰa̠is͈o̞ɾi]
  • Phonetic hangul: [/]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saitsori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sais'soli
McCune–Reischauer?saissori
Yale Romanization?sais.soli

Noun

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사잇소리 (saitsori)

  1. (phonology) an intervening phone in compound words
  2. (phonology) specifically, a Korean morpheme (historically /-s-/, now usually surfacing as a tensing or gemination of the subsequent consonant) which was once a genitive marker and is still used to form compound words
    Synonym: 사이시옷 (saisiot)

Usage notes

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