"누나" meaning in Korean

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Noun

IPA: [ˈnu(ː)na̠] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: nuna [romanization]
Etymology: Contracted from 누이 (nu'i, “sister of a male”) + 님 (-nim, honorific) + 아 (-a, “hey”, vocative particle), ultimately from pre-Middle Korean */nup/ "sister" or similar; see 누이 (nu'i) for more. The phonologically conservative Gyeongsang and Yukjin dialects conserve the original /p~b/ in this word. Korean colloquial family terms commonly stem from a fused vocative. See :Category:Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative). Etymology templates: {{suffix|ko|누이|님|아|id3=vocative|pos2=honorific|pos3=vocative particle|t1=sister of a male|t3=hey}} 누이 (nu'i, “sister of a male”) + 님 (-nim, honorific) + 아 (-a, “hey”, vocative particle), {{IPAfont|*/nup/}} */nup/, {{IPAfont|/p~b/}} /p~b/ Head templates: {{ko-noun}} 누나 • (nuna)
  1. older sister of a male Synonyms: 누님 [honorific]
    Sense id: en-누나-ko-noun-ch6K-vpq
  2. (men's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older female friend or acquaintance Categories (topical): Family members, Female people
    Sense id: en-누나-ko-noun-FTWvqEJ2 Disambiguation of Family members: 3 97 Disambiguation of Female people: 0 100 Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms suffixed with -님, Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative), Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked, Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of Korean terms suffixed with -님: 19 81 Disambiguation of Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative): 19 81 Disambiguation of Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked: 15 85 Disambiguation of Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable: 15 85 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 5 95 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 언니 (eonni) (english: older sister of a female), 오빠 (oppa) (english: older brother of a female), 동생(同生) (dongsaeng) (english: younger sibling)
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "noona",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: noona, nuna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: noona, nuna"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
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          "args": {
            "1": "ヌナ"
          },
          "expansion": "ヌナ (nuna)",
          "name": "ja-r"
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      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ヌナ (nuna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "怒那",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin: 怒那 (nùnà), 努那 (nǔnà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 怒那 (nùnà), 努那 (nǔnà)"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "누이",
        "3": "님",
        "4": "아",
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        "pos3": "vocative particle",
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      "word": "언니"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "older brother of a female",
      "roman": "oppa",
      "word": "오빠"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "younger sibling",
      "roman": "dongsaeng",
      "word": "동생(同生)"
    }
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 형 (hyeong)"
        }
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        "older sister of a male"
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          "older sister",
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          "tags": [
            "honorific"
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          "word": "누님"
        }
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          "_dis": "22 78",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms suffixed with -님",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms suffixed with -아 (vocative)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with dialectal pitch accent marked",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 85",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with long vowels in the first syllable",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Terms with redundant script codes",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 96",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
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          "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"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 97",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Family members",
          "orig": "ko:Family members",
          "parents": [
            "Family",
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "0 100",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ko",
          "name": "Female people",
          "orig": "ko:Female people",
          "parents": [
            "Female",
            "People",
            "Gender",
            "Human",
            "Biology",
            "Psychology",
            "Sociology",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Social sciences",
            "Fundamental",
            "Society"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The age difference between her and me is two years, right?",
          "roman": "Geu nuna-rang na-rang nai chai-ga du sar-iji?",
          "text": "그 누나랑 나랑 나이 차이가 두 살이지?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She helped me so much.",
          "roman": "Geu nuna-ga na-hante neomu jal hae jwosseo.",
          "text": "그 누나가 나한테 너무 잘 해 줬어.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
      ],
      "id": "en-누나-ko-noun-FTWvqEJ2",
      "links": [
        [
          "somewhat",
          "somewhat"
        ],
        [
          "older",
          "older"
        ],
        [
          "female",
          "female"
        ],
        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
        ],
        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "men's speech",
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        "(men's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in informal friendly settings"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnu(ː)na̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "누(ː)나"
    },
    {
      "other": "[누(ː)나]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Gyeongsang dialect",
    "Yukjin dialect"
  ],
  "word": "누나"
}
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    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
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    "ko:Female people"
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  "descendants": [
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "noona",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: noona, nuna",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: noona, nuna"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "-",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese:",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ヌナ"
          },
          "expansion": "ヌナ (nuna)",
          "name": "ja-r"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: ヌナ (nuna)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cmn",
            "2": "怒那",
            "3": "努那",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Mandarin: 怒那 (nùnà), 努那 (nǔnà)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Mandarin: 怒那 (nùnà), 努那 (nǔnà)"
    }
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        "2": "누이",
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        "pos3": "vocative particle",
        "t1": "sister of a male",
        "t3": "hey"
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      "expansion": "누이 (nu'i, “sister of a male”) + 님 (-nim, honorific) + 아 (-a, “hey”, vocative particle)",
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "nuna",
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        "romanization"
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "누나 • (nuna)",
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    {
      "english": "older sister of a female",
      "roman": "eonni",
      "word": "언니"
    },
    {
      "english": "older brother of a female",
      "roman": "oppa",
      "word": "오빠"
    },
    {
      "english": "younger sibling",
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      "word": "동생(同生)"
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        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: 형 (hyeong)"
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        "older sister of a male"
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        {
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            "honorific"
          ],
          "word": "누님"
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          "english": "The age difference between her and me is two years, right?",
          "roman": "Geu nuna-rang na-rang nai chai-ga du sar-iji?",
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        },
        {
          "english": "She helped me so much.",
          "roman": "Geu nuna-ga na-hante neomu jal hae jwosseo.",
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          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
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          "somewhat",
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          "older",
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          "female",
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        [
          "friend",
          "friend"
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        [
          "acquaintance",
          "acquaintance"
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        "(men's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older female friend or acquaintance"
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        "in informal friendly settings"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈnu(ː)na̠]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "누(ː)나"
    },
    {
      "other": "[누(ː)나]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Gyeongsang dialect",
    "Yukjin dialect"
  ],
  "word": "누나"
}

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