-스무니다
Korean
Etymology
A stereotypical Japanese mispronunciation of the formal polite declarative verbal suffix 습니다 (-seumnida), as Japanese lacks coda /-m/.
See also Chinese 思密達 (sīmìdá), Japanese ニダ (nida), Japanese and Chinese equivalents towards Koreans.
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [s͈ɯmunida̠]
- Phonetic hangul: [쓰무니다]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | -seumunida |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | seumunida |
| McCune–Reischauer? | ssŭmunida |
| Yale Romanization? | qsumunita |
Suffix
스무니다 • (-seumunida)
- (sometimes offensive) Alternative form of 습니다 (-seumnida) used to denote that the person speaking is Japanese.
- Coordinate term: 해 (-hae, “steoretypical suffix for Chinese”)