새로

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum eonhae (訓民正音諺解本 / 훈민정음언해본), 1446, as Middle Korean 새〮로〮 (Yale: sáy-lwó), from 새〮 (Yale: sáy, “something new”) + 로〮 (Yale: -lwó, “to, as”, instrumental or directional particle).

The etymology is no longer as transparent in Modern Korean because 새 (sae, “new”) has lost its noun sense.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰɛɾo̞] ~ [sʰe̞ɾo̞]
Phonetic hangul: [새로/세로]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	saero
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	saelo
McCune–Reischauer^?	saero
Yale Romanization^?	saylo

Adverb

새로 • (saero)

anew, newly, for the first time

Derived terms

새로고침 (saerogochim, “refreshing a webpage”)

Middle Korean

Etymology

새〮 (sáy, “something new”) + 로〮 (-lwó, “to, as”, instrumental or directional particle), literally "as something new".

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sajlo/, [sajɾo]

Adverb

새〮로〮 (sáy-lwó)

anew, newly, for the first time
- 1446, Sejong the Great, Hunmin jeongeum eonhae (訓民正音諺解本 / 훈민정음언해본)‎:
  새〮로〮 스〮믈〮여듧〮字(ᄍᆞᆼ〮)ᄅᆞᆯ〮 ᄆᆡᇰᄀᆞ〮노니〮
  sáy-lwó súmúlyètúlp CCÓ-lól mòyngkónwòní
  I have newly created twenty-eight letters

Descendants

Korean: 새로 (saero, “newly”)