-단이
Korean
Etymology
From 단 (dan, meaning unclear) + 이 (-i, noun suffix).
Suffix
단이 • (-dani)
- (Jindo Island Jeolla dialect) A derivational suffix for girls, also common in pet names for children or nicknames between friends.
- Synonyms: 심이 (-simi, another Jindo girls' pet name suffix), 니 (-ni, girls' pet name suffix in Sinan Jeolla dialect)
- Coordinate term: 바 (-ba, Jindo suffix for boys)
- 삐꿀단이 ― ppikkul-dani ― a girl who is always upset
- 싸낙단이 ― ssanak-dani ― a girl who has a temper
- 꼬시락단이 ― kkosirak-dani ― a girl with curly hair
- 시단이 ― Si-dani ― pet name for a third daughter
- 대단이 ― Dae-dani ― pet name for the daughter of a woman from a village beginning with Dae-
Usage notes
The vocative is 단아 (dan-a), implying that 이 (-i) is a fused suffix.
The suffix was traditionally also frequently used in the Hanja form 단 (丹, dan) as the second character of women's actual legal personal names. When used in (nick)names, the first element is either the order of birth or the hometown of the mother.
Alternative forms
- 다니 (-dani) – alternative spelling
Further reading
- 전경수 (2006), “진도 사람들의 이름에 적용된 '바'와 '다니'에 관한 민속지적 보고 [An ethnographic report on -ba and -dani applied to Jindo people's names]”, in Han'guk Munhwa Illyuhak, volume 39, issue 1, pages 141—158
- 박경래, 곽충구, 이기갑, 김정대 (2015), “새로 발굴한 방언(14) [Newly discovered dialectal forms (14)]”, in Bang'eonhak, volume 21, pages 227—272