Korean

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Etymology

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Related to standard korean 여든 (yeodeun, “eight”). Compare dialectal 야덟 (yadeol, “eight”)

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yadeun
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yadeun
McCune–Reischauer?yadŭn
Yale Romanization?yatun

Numeral

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야든 (yadeun)

  1. (Gangwon, Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect, Pyongan, Hamgyong, Hwanghae) Dialectal form of 여든 (yeodeun, eighty)
    • 2012 August 30, Kenneth H. Rowe (노금석), “노금석의 자유를 향한 비행 [nogeumseogui jayureul hyanghan bihaeng]”, in VOA 한국어 [VOA han'gugeo]‎[1], 함경남도 신흥군 [hamgyeongnamdo sinheunggun]:
      통일 빨리 싶은데... 지금 야든인데
      Tong'il ppallidoe-meu han beon gabo-gi sipeunde... nae jigeum yadeunsar-inde
      If reunification happens quickly then I want to go back and see my hometown one more time... because I am already 80 years old.