-야요
Korean
Etymology
Related to 에요 (-eyo), 어요 (-eoyo).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ja̠jo]
- Phonetic hangul: [야요]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | yayo |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | yayo |
| McCune–Reischauer? | yayo |
| Yale Romanization? | ya.yo |
Suffix
야요 • (-yayo)
- (Pyongan, Hwanghae, Western Gangwon, particularly northern Gyeonggi) Dialectal form of 예요 (-yeyo, “suffix used after the copulas 이다 (ida) and 아니다 (anida)”).
- 1980 February 17, “평남 베짜기 놀이”, in 동아방송 DBS, 평안남도 남포시:
- 자, 싱싱한 새우젓이야요.
- Ja, singsinghan sae'ujeosiyayo.
- behold, here is fresh saeu-jeot.
- 1995, Park Wan-Suh, 그 산이 정말 거기 었었을까 (Geu sani jeongmal geogi eosseosseulkka) [Was that Mountain Really There?]:우리도 피난민이야요, 어듸메서 오셨시니까? (Gyeonggi dialect, Kaesong)
- Uri-do pinanminiyayo, eoduime-seo osyeot-sinikka?
- We're refugees as well, where did you come from?
- 2011 March 18, 조옥희, “도깨비가 만들어 준 만년보”, in 한국구비문학대계, 강원도 철원군 서면:
- 그래 그게 도깨비가 한 말이야요, 그게.
- Geurae geuge dokkaebi-ga han mariyayo, geuge.
- So that's is what the goblin had said.
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