야이
Jeju
Alternative forms
- 야의 (yaui) (sometimes proscribed)
Etymology
Contraction of 이 아이 (i ai, “this kid”). Cognate with Korean 얘 (yae).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /jai/, [ja̠i]
Pronoun
야이 (yai)
- this kid; he or she or you
- 야인 미나네 아ᄃᆞᆯ이여.
- Yain mina-ne adawr-i-yeo.
- This is Mina's son.
- 2020, Changyong Yang; Sejung Yang; William O'Grady, Jejueo: the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, DOI: , →ISBN, JSTOR j.ctvwvr2qt, page 95:
- 야이 일름 순자라.
- Yai illeum sunja-ra.
- Her name is Sunja.
- 2020, Changyong Yang; Sejung Yang; William O'Grady, Jejueo: the language of Korea’s Jeju Island, Honolulu, USA: University of Hawai‘i Press, DOI: , →ISBN, JSTOR j.ctvwvr2qt, page 196:
- 야인 느네 ᄉᆞᆫ지고?
- Yain neu-ne sawnji-go?
- Is s/he your grandchild?
See also
- 가이 (gai, “that kid”), 자이 (jai, “that kid”)