뉘

See also: 爿

뉘 U+B258, 뉘 HANGUL SYLLABLE NWI Composition: ㄴ + ㅟ ← 뉗 [U+B257] Hangul Syllables 뉙 → [U+B259]

Korean

뉘뉙뉚뉛뉜뉝뉞 뉟뉠뉡뉢뉣뉤뉥 뉦뉧뉨뉩뉪뉫뉬 뉭뉮뉯뉰뉱뉲뉳
눼 ←	→ 뉴

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 뉘〯 (Yale: nwǔy), equivalent to 누〮 (Yale: nwú, “who”) + 의〮 (Yale: úy, genitive case marker).

Pronoun

뉘 • (nwi)

1. (possibly dated) genitive of 누구 (nugu, “who; somebody”): whose, somebody's

   Synonyms: 누구 (nugu, used attributively), 누구의 (nuguui)

Etymology 2

From Middle Korean 뉘〮 (Yale: nwúy), equivalent to 누〮 (Yale: nwú, “who”) + 이〮 (Yale: í, nominative case marker).

Pronoun

뉘 • (nwi)

1. (archaic or poetic) nominative of 누구 (nugu, “who; somebody”).

   Synonym: (used nowadays) 누가 (nuga)

   • 2014 March 30, 고현수 [Go Hyeonsu], 껍질에 묻다 [Asking the Shell], Dacheung, →ISBN:

     젊은이 / 저리로 가다가 / 뉘 나를 보았느냐 묻거든 […]

     jeolmeuni / jeori-ro gadaga / nwi na-reul boanneunya mutgeodeun [ … ]

     Young man / while going yonder / if somebody should ask you if you have seen me […]

2. (archaic or dialectal) Synonym of 누구 (nugu, “who; somebody”).

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nɥi] ~ [ny]
• Phonetic hangul: [뉘]

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

Noun

뉘 • (nwi)

1. raw unhulled rice

   Synonym: (Gyeongsang dialectal) 미(米) (mi)

Etymology 4

From Middle Korean 뉘〯 (Yale: nwǔy, “world; time; epoch; era”), from earlier 누리〮 (Yale: nwùlí), from Old Korean 世理 (*NWUri). Doublet of 누리 (nuri), apparently borrowed directly from Middle Korean. The pronunciation given in the Standard Korean Language Dictionary has an unexpectedly short vowel length, for unknown reasons.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nɥi] ~ [ny]
• Phonetic hangul: [뉘]

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

Noun

뉘 • (nwi)

1. Only used in 뉘를 보다 (nwireul boda, “(archaic) to receive gratitude from children and grandchildren”).
2. (obsolete) time, age, generation

   늙을 뉘를 모를로다 ― neulgeul nwi-reul moreulloda ― I know not when I will grow old

   • c. 1925, Kim Ssangdori, “황천혼시”, in Son Jintae, editor, 朝(조)鮮(선)神(신)歌(가)遺(유)篇(편) [Anthology of Korean Songs of the Gods], published 1930:

     귀물어는, 아바님 시절에는 잘 지웠더니
     저의 뉘에 나서는
     사는 일이 유가득식이라

     gwimur-eoneun, abanim sijeor-e-neun jal jiwotdeoni
     jeo-ui nwi-e naseo-neun
     saneun ir-i yugadeuksig-ira

     As for money, they made lots of it when their father was alive; but in their generation, they lived with barely enough to eat.

Related terms

• 한뉘 (hannwi)

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [nɥi(ː)] ~ [ny(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [뉘(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	nwi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	nwi
McCune–Reischauer?	nwi
Yale Romanization?	nwī

Noun

뉘 • (nwi)

1. Contraction of 누이 (nu'i, “(dated) sister of a male”).