운애

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Korean[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Sino-Korean word from 雲靉 (thick with cloud). Compare Chinese 靉靆 (MC 'ojH dojH).

Pronunciation[edit]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?unae
Revised Romanization (translit.)?un'ae
McCune–Reischauer?unae
Yale Romanization?wun.ay
  • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 의 / 운에 / 운애

    Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

Noun[edit]

운애 (unae) (hanja 雲靉)

  1. (literary or Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect) mist, fog
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) 안개 (an'gae)

Usage notes[edit]

  • The dialectal word is spelled 우네 (une) in Standard Korean Language Dictionary, but the relevant regions generally merge (ae) into (e), so it seems more likely that it is the same as the literary word, only spelled more phonetically.
  • The Dictionary of Southern Gyeongsang Varieties claims that the etymology of the dialectal word is from (雲 崖, cloud-veiled cliff), but this seems semantically far-fetched and is not further explained.

Further reading[edit]

  • 경남 방언 사전 [gyeongnam bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of southern Gyeongsang varieties], volume II, South Gyeongsang Provincial Government, 2017, page 75