남이사

Korean

Etymology

The Gyeongsang dialect form of Standard Central Korean 남 이야 (nam-iya, “as for other people”), which apparently spread into Seoul Korean in the late twentieth century with South Korean modernization.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [na̠misʰa̠]
Phonetic hangul: [나미사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	namisa
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	nam'isa
McCune–Reischauer^?	namisa
Yale Romanization^?	nam.isa

Adverb

남 이사 • (nam-isa)

(colloquial, derogatory) Used in place of 남 이야 (nam-iya, “as for other people”) when dismissing people who are too nosy, with a connotation of "none of your business".
남이사 뭘 하든 니가 뭔 상관 인데?
Nam-isa mwol hadeun niga mwon sanggwan-inde?
Why do you even care about what other people are doing?
(Gyeongsang or slang) Alternative form of 남 이야 (nam-iya, “as for other people”)

Usage notes

남 이야 (nam-iya), which already had a rather dismissive connotation, is being increasingly displaced by 남 이사 (nam-isa) in colloquial Seoul Korean.