Korean

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Etymology

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From 아래 (arae, below, under) +‎ (a), referring to its position at the very bottom of syllable charts, which were ordered 가갸거겨 [] 기ᄀᆞ.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?araea
Revised Romanization (translit.)?alaea
McCune–Reischauer?araea
Yale Romanization?alay.a

Noun

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아래아 (araea)

  1. (phonology) the Korean vowel , found in modern Jeju but otherwise obsolete

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