Korean

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Etymology

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Nativisation of the Sino-Korean term 동생 (同生, dongsaeng, “younger siblings”).

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?dongsung
Revised Romanization (translit.)?dongsung
McCune–Reischauer?tongsung
Yale Romanization?tongswung

Noun

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동숭 (dongsung)

  1. Gyeongsang and Jeolla dialect form of 동생 (dongsaeng, younger siblings)
    • 1979 July 29, 양또순 [yangttosun], “구렁 선비 [gureong seonbi]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎[1], 경상남도 거제군 장목면 [gyeongsangnamdo geojegun jangmongmyeon]:
      동숭, 제부 어디 ?
      Dongsung-a, jebu-neun eodi gan-no?
      Younger sibling, where has brother-in-law (the sibling's husband) gone?
  2. (Jeolla dialect, Namhae Gyeongsang) sister-in-law