온갖

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Nammyeongjip eonhae (南明集諺解 / 남명집언해), 1482, as Middle Korean 온갓 (Yale: wonkas). From 온 (Yale: won, "all") + 갓 (Yale: kas, "things").

Pronunciation

IPA^(key)[o̞nɡa̠t̚]
Phonetic Hangul[온갇]

Revised Romanization^?	on-gat
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	ongaj
McCune–Reischauer^?	on'gat
Yale Romanization^?	onkac

Determiner

온갖 • (on-gat)

all; every; all kinds of
그는 온갖 음해에 시달렸다.
Geuneun on-gat eumhaee sidallyeotda.
He suffered all kinds of slanders.

Synonyms

온가지 (on-gaji) (archaic)

References

National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)