Korean

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Etymology

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From (on-, all, entire) +‎ (bam, night).

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈo̞(ː)nba̠m]
  • Phonetic hangul: [(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?onbam
Revised Romanization (translit.)?onbam
McCune–Reischauer?onbam
Yale Romanization?ōnpam

Noun

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온밤 (onbam)

  1. all night, the whole night
    온밤 꼬박 지새우다onbam-eul kkobak jisae'udato stay up all night