웬이
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Korean
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 우인 (愚人, u'in, “foolish person”) + 이 (-i, noun suffix), with nominal suffix 이 (-i) attached.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈwe̞(ː)ni]
- Phonetic hangul: [웨(ː)니]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | weni |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wen'i |
McCune–Reischauer? | weni |
Yale Romanization? | wēyn.i |
(Based on Standard Seoul, may not be accurate)
Noun
[edit]웬이 • (weni)
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- 곽충구 (Kwak Chung-gu) (2018) “漢字語(方言) 속의 特異 漢字音 동북방언을 중심으로 [Unusual character readings in dialectal Sino-Korean: Centering on the Northeastern dialect]”, in Gugeohak, volume 88, , pages 3—32