사잇소리

Korean

Examples
햇빛 (haetbit, “sunshine”) from 해 (hae, “sun”) + -s- + 빛 (bit, “light”), etymologically "light of the sun" 문법(文法) (munppeop, “grammar”) from 문(文) (mun, “writing”) + -s- + 법(法) (beop, “law”), etymologically "law of writing" 사잇소리 (saitsori) from 사이 (sai, “interval”) + -s- + 소리 (sori, “sound”), etymologically "sound of the interval"

Etymology

사이 (sai, “interval”) +‎ ㅅ (-s-, genitive morpheme) +‎ 소리 (sori, “sound”)

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠iss͈o̞ɾi] ~ [sʰa̠is͈o̞ɾi]
• Phonetic hangul: [사읻쏘리/사이쏘리]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	saitsori
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sais'soli
McCune–Reischauer?	saissori
Yale Romanization?	sais.soli

Noun

사잇소리 • (saitsori)

1. (phonology) an intervening phone in compound words
2. (phonology) specifically, a Korean morpheme (historically /-s-/, now usually surfacing as a tensing or gemination of the subsequent consonant) which was once a genitive marker and is still used to form compound words

   Synonym: 사이시옷 (saisiot)

Usage notes

See more on the entry for ㅅ (s).