-이라우

Korean edit

Etymology edit

Shortened from 이 라(고) 하 오 (-i-ra(-go) ha-o, “[one] says that it is...”, in the semi-formal style).^[1]

Pronunciation edit

(southern Jeolla) IPA^(key): [iɾa̠(w)]^[1]

Particle edit

이라우 • (-irau)

(Jeolla dialect) Attached to nouns, or to the verb-final suffixes of the intimate style, to form the polite style (i.e. adding politeness).
Synonyms: (Standard Korean, for verbs) 요 (-yo), (Standard Korean, for nouns) 이 에요 (-i-eyo)
- 1998, 이기갑 [igigap], “전남 방언의 상대높임법 [jeonnam bang'eonui sangdaenopimbeop, The addressee honorifics of the southern Jeolla dialect]”, in Hangul, volume 240, pages 355—396:
  차말 로 좋아라우 […] 멋이라우? […] 차말 로 좋게 해 놨등구만이라우. […] 여그 서 멋 하신게라우?
  Chamal-lo joa-rau [ … ] meos-irau? [ … ] chamal-lo joke hae nwatdeungguman-irau. [ … ] yeogeu-seo meot hasin'ge-rau?
  I'm really pleased. […] What is this? […] They've done it really well. […] What are you doing here?

Usage notes edit

It cannot be used after 어 (-eo, infinitive suffix) when said suffix is used to convey new questions or orders. When it is used after 어 (-eo) in such moods, it is always when repeating a previously stated question or order, in an echo question repeating back a question one has been asked, or in a rhetorical question.^[1]

Alternative forms edit

라우 (-rau) — after vowels
라오 (rao), 이라오 (-irao) — dated or archaic (primary form in 1930s)^[1]
라 (-ra), 이라 (-ira) — more common in eastern Jeolla^[1]

References edit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 고광모 (Ko Kwang-mo) (2004) “전남 방언의 상대높임법 조사 '(이)라우, (이)람니짜, (이)람니야, (이)랑가'와 '이다'의 기원과 형성 과정 [jeonnam bang'eonui sangdaenopimbeop josa -(i)rau, -(i)ramnijja, -(i)ramniya, -(i)rangga wa -ida ui giwon'gwa hyeongseong gwajeong, The development of the politeness markers -(i)lawu, -(i)lamnicca, -(i)lamniya, -(i)langka, and -ita in the southern Jeolla dialect of Korean]”, in Eoneohak, volume 38, pages 3—42

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