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웨 ← | → 유 |
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Korean edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Korean 웋 (wùh), from Old Korean 上只 (*WUk). Cognate with Jeju 우 (u).
In the Hangul script, first attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 웋 (Yale: wùh).
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangul: [위]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | wi |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wi |
McCune–Reischauer? | wi |
Yale Romanization? | wi |
- South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 위의 / 위에 / 위까지
Syllables in red take high pitch. This word takes low pitch only before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes.
Noun edit
South Korean Standard Language |
위 (wi) |
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North Korean Standard Language |
우 (u) |
위 • (wi)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Sino-Korean word from 胃.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangul: [위]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | wi |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wi |
McCune–Reischauer? | wi |
Yale Romanization? | wi |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 胃 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (胃, wi).
Etymology 3 edit
Sino-Korean word from 位.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangul: [위]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | wi |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wi |
McCune–Reischauer? | wi |
Yale Romanization? | wi |
Noun edit
Counter edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 位 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (位, wi).
Etymology 4 edit
Sino-Korean word from 緯.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangul: [위]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | wi |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wi |
McCune–Reischauer? | wi |
Yale Romanization? | wi |
Noun edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 緯 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (緯, wi).
Etymology 5 edit
Sino-Korean word from 委.
Pronunciation edit
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ɥi] ~ [y]
- Phonetic hangul: [위]
Romanizations | |
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Revised Romanization? | wi |
Revised Romanization (translit.)? | wi |
McCune–Reischauer? | wi |
Yale Romanization? | wi |
Suffix edit
Derived terms edit
- See the hanja entry at 委 for Sino-Korean compounds of 위 (委, wi).
Etymology 6 edit
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.
Syllable edit
위 (wi)
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Middle Korean edit
Etymology edit
Probably imitative. Compare English oi, Japanese おい (oi).
Pronunciation edit
Interjection edit
위 (wǔy) (Idu script 爲 or 偉)
- An interjection which appears in certain poems.
- 1330, 안축/安軸 [An Chuk], 關東別曲/관동별곡 [Gwandong byeolgok, Song of the Lands East of the Pass]:
- 爲 四海 天下 無豆舍叱多
- WǓY SǑ.HǑY THYÈN.HǍ ĚP.TWÚ.SYÀS.TÁ
- O, it does not exist [anywhere else] between the four seas under Heaven!
- 16th century [14th century?], “[思母曲/사모곡] [Jeongseok-ga]”, in 樂章歌詞/악장가사 [Akjang gasa]:
- 아바님도 어이어신 마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ
위 덩더둥셩
어마님 ᄀᆞ티 괴시리 업세라- apa-nim-two ei-Gesin malonon
wuy tengtetwungsyeng
ema-nim kothi kwoysil_i epseyla - My father is my parent, too
wuy tengtetwungsyeng
But there is none to love me like my mother does.
- apa-nim-two ei-Gesin malonon