See 누부 on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "The more conservative form of this word; see 누이 (nu'i) for more. As in most Korean dialects, the introduction of the Chinese loanword 동생 (dongsaeng, “younger sibling”) came to restrict the semantic scope of the word to older sisters only.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nubu",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "누부 • (nubu)",
"name": "ko-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Gyeongsang Korean",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Because he quickly hid his older sister after being alone, their step-mother had now entered.",
"ref": "1984 January 15, 김옥련 [gimongnyeon], “계모에게 쫓겨난 손 없는 처녀 [gyemo'ege jjotgyeonan son eomneun cheonyeo]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 대구광역시 달성군 하빈면 [daegugwang'yeoksi dalseonggun habinmyeon]:",
"roman": "gimongnyeon",
"text": "저거 누부하고 둘이 있다가 저거 누부를 떡 감차노이께네 저검마가 인자 새엄마가 떡 들어왔다.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"older sister of a male"
],
"id": "en-누부-ko-noun-ch6K-vpq",
"links": [
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"sister",
"sister"
],
[
"male",
"male"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, Gyeongsang) older sister of a male"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "누나"
}
],
"tags": [
"Gyeongsang",
"dated"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Gyeongsang Korean",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "22 78",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "5 95",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "4 96",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "17 83",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 94",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
],
"id": "en-누부-ko-noun-FTWvqEJ2",
"links": [
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"friend",
"friend"
],
[
"acquaintance",
"acquaintance"
]
],
"qualifier": "men's speech",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, Gyeongsang, men's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in informal friendly settings"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "누나"
}
],
"tags": [
"Gyeongsang",
"dated"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[nu˨.bu˦]"
}
],
"word": "누부"
}
{
"categories": [
"Korean entries with incorrect language header",
"Korean lemmas",
"Korean nouns",
"Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"Korean terms without ko-IPA template",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_text": "The more conservative form of this word; see 누이 (nu'i) for more. As in most Korean dialects, the introduction of the Chinese loanword 동생 (dongsaeng, “younger sibling”) came to restrict the semantic scope of the word to older sisters only.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "nubu",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "누부 • (nubu)",
"name": "ko-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Gyeongsang Korean",
"Korean dated terms",
"Korean terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Because he quickly hid his older sister after being alone, their step-mother had now entered.",
"ref": "1984 January 15, 김옥련 [gimongnyeon], “계모에게 쫓겨난 손 없는 처녀 [gyemo'ege jjotgyeonan son eomneun cheonyeo]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye], 대구광역시 달성군 하빈면 [daegugwang'yeoksi dalseonggun habinmyeon]:",
"roman": "gimongnyeon",
"text": "저거 누부하고 둘이 있다가 저거 누부를 떡 감차노이께네 저검마가 인자 새엄마가 떡 들어왔다.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"older sister of a male"
],
"links": [
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"sister",
"sister"
],
[
"male",
"male"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, Gyeongsang) older sister of a male"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "누나"
}
],
"tags": [
"Gyeongsang",
"dated"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Gyeongsang Korean",
"Korean dated terms",
"Korean men's speech terms"
],
"glosses": [
"somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
],
"links": [
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"female",
"female"
],
[
"friend",
"friend"
],
[
"acquaintance",
"acquaintance"
]
],
"qualifier": "men's speech",
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated, Gyeongsang, men's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in informal friendly settings"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "누나"
}
],
"tags": [
"Gyeongsang",
"dated"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[nu˨.bu˦]"
}
],
"word": "누부"
}
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