사이시옷

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Korean

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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사이 (sai, interval) +‎ 시옷 (siot, Korean letter)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saisiot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?saisios
McCune–Reischauer?saisiot
Yale Romanization?saisios

Noun

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사이시옷 (saisiot)

  1. (linguistics) a Korean morpheme found in many compound words; synonym of 사잇소리 (saitsori)
  2. (linguistics) in South Korean orthography, the Korean letter (-s-) when used to write this morpheme