형아

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Korean

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Etymology

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형(兄) (hyeong( 兄 ), “older same-sex sibling”) +‎ 아 (-a, vocative particle).

Korean colloquial family terms commonly stem from a fused vocative. See Category:Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hyeong'a
Revised Romanization (translit.)?hyeong'a
McCune–Reischauer?hyŏnga
Yale Romanization?hyenga

Noun

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형아 • (hyeong'a)

  1. (childish) older brother of a boy
    Synonym: 형 (hyeong)
  2. (childish, dated) older sister of a girl
    Synonym: 언니 (eonni)
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  • 엉가 (eongga, “older sister of a woman”, dialectal)
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