Korean

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Etymology

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First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum eonhae (訓民正音諺解本 / 훈민정음언해본), 1446, as Middle Korean 새〮로〮 (Yale: sáy-lwó), from 새〮 (Yale: sáy, “something new”) + 로〮 (Yale: -lwó, “to, as”, instrumental or directional particle).

The etymology is no longer as transparent in Modern Korean because (sae, “new”) has lost its noun sense.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saero
Revised Romanization (translit.)?saelo
McCune–Reischauer?saero
Yale Romanization?saylo

Adverb

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새로 (saero)

  1. anew, newly, for the first time

Derived terms

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Middle Korean

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Etymology

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새〮 (sáy, something new) + 로〮 (-lwó, to, as, instrumental or directional particle), literally "as something new".

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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새〮로〮 (sáy-lwó)

  1. anew, newly, for the first time
    • 1446, Sejong the Great, 訓民正音諺解本 / 훈민정음언해본 [Hunmin jeongeum eonhae]‎[1]:
      새〮로〮 스〮믈〮여듧〮 (ᄍᆞᆼ〮)ᄅᆞᆯ〮 ᄆᆡᇰᄀᆞ〮노니〮
      sáy-lwó súmúlyètúlp CCÓ-lól mòyngkónwòní
      I have newly created twenty-eight letters

Descendants

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  • Korean: 새로 (saero, newly)