-스무니까

Korean

Etymology

A stereotypical Japanese mispronunciation of the formal polite interrogative verbal suffix 습니까 (-seumnikka), as Japanese lacks coda /-m/.

See also Chinese 思密達／思密达 (sīmìdá), Japanese ニダ (nida), Japanese and Chinese equivalents towards Koreans.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [s͈ɯmunik͈a̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [쓰무니까]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	seumunikka
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	seumuni'kka
McCune–Reischauer?	ssŭmunikka
Yale Romanization?	qsumuni.kka

Suffix

스무니까 • (-seumunikka)

1. (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of 습니까 (-seumnikka) used to denote that the person speaking is Japanese.

   Coordinate term: 해 (-hae, “steoretypical suffix for Chinese”)