구개음화
Korean
Etymology
Sino-Korean word from 口蓋音化, from 口蓋音 (“palatal sound”) + 化 (“-ize”).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈku(ː)ɡɛɯmβwa̠] ~ [ˈku(ː)ɡe̞ɯmβwa̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [구(ː)개음화/구(ː)게음화]
- Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | gugaeeumhwa |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | gugaeeumhwa |
| McCune–Reischauer? | kugaeŭmhwa |
| Yale Romanization? | kwūkayumhwa |
Noun
구개음화 • (gugaeeumhwa) (hanja 口蓋音化)
- (phonology) palatalization
- 한자 的의 한국어 독음은 구개음화로 인해 ‘뎍’에서 ‘적’으로 변했다.
- Hanja 的-ui han'gugeo dogeum-eun gugaeeumhwa-ro inhae ‘dyeok’-eseo ‘jeok’-euro byeonhaetda.
- The Korean reading for the hanja 的 changed from dyeok to jeok due to palatalization.