잔나비

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 납 (Yale: nàp).

이 (-i) is a common suffix added to animal names. The first element of the modern form was attached in the seventeenth century as ᄌᆡᆫ (coyn-), and is of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕa̠nna̠bi]
• Phonetic hangul: [잔나비]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	jannabi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	jannabi
McCune–Reischauer?	channabi
Yale Romanization?	cannapi

Noun

잔나비 • (jannabi) (counter 마리)

1. (Chungcheong, Gangwon, dated in Standard Korean) monkey; ape
   • 1883, 易言 (Ieon):

     왜인은동남의간사ᄒᆞᆫ잔나비엿보듯ᄒᆞ야

     Waein-eun dongnam-ui gansa-han jannabi yeotboneun deut haya

     The Japanese behave as treacherous monkeys peeking from the southeast

   • 2016 January 30, 정수병 [jeongsubyeong], “전씨 삼형제가 만든 취원정, 양신정, 압구정 [jeonssi samhyeongjega mandeun chwiwonjeong, yangsinjeong, apgujeong]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 충청북도 옥천군 동이면 [chungcheongbukdo okcheon'gun dong'imyeon]:

     울어대는 잔나비는 거듭 험난한 땅을 돌고...

     Ureodaeneun jannabi-neun geodeup heomnanhan ttang-eul dolgo...

     A screeching monkey circulated the treacherous land

Synonyms

• 원숭이 (wonsung'i)