See also: , and -우-

Korean

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Etymology

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See (-so) for more.

Pronunciation

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Romanizations
Revised Romanization?u
Revised Romanization (translit.)?u
McCune–Reischauer?u
Yale Romanization?wu

Suffix

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(-u)

  1. (Standard Korean) Post-vowel and post- (l) allomorphic form of 으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix).
    • 1997, 서울 토박이말 연구, volume I, National Institute of Korean Language, →ISBN, page 260:
      서방! 피란 가우? 시다. (Seoul)
      Bakseobang! Piran an gau? Gapsida.
      Mr Park! Are you not going to evacuate? Let's go.
  2. (Pyongan) The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix.
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) (-so)

Middle Korean

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Etymology

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From Old Korean (*-wo, adverb-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

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Harmonic pair
Yin-form (-wu)
Yang-form (-wo)

Suffix

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(-wu)

  1. An adverb-deriving suffix attached to verb and adjective stems.
    Synonyms: (-i), (-key)
    ᄌᆞᆽ > ᄌᆞ조〮còc- > còcto be frequent > frequently
    돌〯 > twǒl- > twòlto turn > again
    넘〯 > něm- > nèmto surpass > exceedingly, excessively