See 언니 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "eonni rain",
"word": "언니 라인"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "unnie",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: unnie, unni, eonni, eonnie",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: unnie, unni, eonni, eonnie"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "オンニ"
},
"expansion": "オンニ (onni)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: オンニ (onni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "歐尼",
"3": "歐妮",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin: 歐尼 /欧尼 (ōuní), 歐妮 /欧妮 (ōunī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 歐尼 /欧尼 (ōuní), 歐妮 /欧妮 (ōunī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "о́нни",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: о́нни (ónni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: о́нни (ónni)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unknown"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown. The word is attested for the first time only in dictionaries of colloquial Korean published by Europeans in the 1890s, suggesting that it was a very recent neologism at that point. These dictionaries define the word as referring to any elder sibling of the same gender, instead of the female-exclusive word it is now. A number of etymologies attempt to connect the word to fifteenth-century Middle Korean morphemes, but these are clearly impossible given that none of these morphemes were productive by the late nineteenth century. A connection to Japanese 兄 (ani, “older brother”) is tempting but unlikely, given that there were few linguistic contacts between colloquial Korean and Japanese until the 1900s.\nPerhaps the most reasonable hypothesis is the one given by Ito (2020), that it originated from an intentionally childish pronunciation of 형님 (hyeongnim, “older sibling”).",
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{
"form": "eonni",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {},
"expansion": "언니 • (eonni)",
"name": "ko-noun"
}
],
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"lang_code": "ko",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "older sister of a male",
"roman": "nuna",
"word": "누나"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "older brother of a male",
"roman": "hyeong",
"word": "형"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "younger sibling",
"roman": "dongsaeng",
"word": "동생"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "older brother of a female",
"roman": "oppa",
"word": "오빠"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: 오빠 (oppa)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"older sister of a female"
],
"id": "en-언니-ko-noun-wHU-wmE3",
"links": [
[
"older sister",
"older sister"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "엉가"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 21 37 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 36 32 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 37 32 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 30 36 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 37 33 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Do you go to university? I'm still a middle schooler […]",
"ref": "언니는 대학교 다녀요? 저는 아직 중학생인데[…]",
"text": "eonni-neun daehakgyo danyeoyo? jeo-neun ajik junghaksaeng'inde[…]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"somewhat older female"
],
"id": "en-언니-ko-noun-Qj-v~fkm",
"links": [
[
"somewhat",
"somewhat"
],
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"female",
"female"
]
],
"qualifier": "women's speech",
"raw_glosses": [
"(women's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older female"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in informal friendly settings"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "엉가"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "9 21 37 33",
"kind": "other",
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"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
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},
{
"_dis": "2 36 32 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 37 32 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 30 36 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 37 33 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"elder brother of a male"
],
"id": "en-언니-ko-noun-AqGaNlul",
"links": [
[
"elder brother",
"elder brother"
],
[
"male",
"male"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) elder brother of a male [until 1980s]"
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ko",
"name": "South Korean idol fandom",
"orig": "ko:South Korean idol fandom",
"parents": [
"Idol fandom",
"South Korea",
"Fandom",
"Asia",
"Korea",
"Culture",
"Earth",
"Eurasia",
"Society",
"Nature",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "9 21 37 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 36 32 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 37 32 30",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "6 30 36 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "2 37 33 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "1 30 30 39",
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "ko",
"name": "Family members",
"orig": "ko:Family members",
"parents": [
"Family",
"People",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "22 28 6 44",
"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"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"unnie (older female member of an idol group)"
],
"id": "en-언니-ko-noun-qafFRx2T",
"links": [
[
"South Korean",
"South Korean"
],
[
"idol",
"idol"
],
[
"fandom",
"fandom"
],
[
"unnie",
"unnie"
],
[
"older",
"older#English"
],
[
"idol",
"idol#English"
],
[
"group",
"group#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "South Korean idol fandom",
"raw_glosses": [
"(South Korean idol fandom) unnie (older female member of an idol group)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʌ̹nni]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "언니"
},
{
"other": "[언니]"
}
],
"word": "언니"
}
{
"categories": [
"Korean entries with incorrect language header",
"Korean lemmas",
"Korean nouns",
"Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Korean terms with audio pronunciation",
"Korean terms with redundant script codes",
"Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
"Korean terms with unknown etymologies",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"ko:Family members",
"ko:Female people"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "eonni rain",
"word": "언니 라인"
}
],
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "unnie",
"alts": "1",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: unnie, unni, eonni, eonnie",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: unnie, unni, eonni, eonnie"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ja",
"2": "-",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Japanese:",
"name": "desc"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "オンニ"
},
"expansion": "オンニ (onni)",
"name": "ja-r"
}
],
"text": "→ Japanese: オンニ (onni)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "cmn",
"2": "歐尼",
"3": "歐妮",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Mandarin: 歐尼 /欧尼 (ōuní), 歐妮 /欧妮 (ōunī)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Mandarin: 歐尼 /欧尼 (ōuní), 歐妮 /欧妮 (ōunī)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ru",
"2": "о́нни",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Russian: о́нни (ónni)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Russian: о́нни (ónni)"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "ko"
},
"expansion": "Unknown",
"name": "unknown"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Unknown. The word is attested for the first time only in dictionaries of colloquial Korean published by Europeans in the 1890s, suggesting that it was a very recent neologism at that point. These dictionaries define the word as referring to any elder sibling of the same gender, instead of the female-exclusive word it is now. A number of etymologies attempt to connect the word to fifteenth-century Middle Korean morphemes, but these are clearly impossible given that none of these morphemes were productive by the late nineteenth century. A connection to Japanese 兄 (ani, “older brother”) is tempting but unlikely, given that there were few linguistic contacts between colloquial Korean and Japanese until the 1900s.\nPerhaps the most reasonable hypothesis is the one given by Ito (2020), that it originated from an intentionally childish pronunciation of 형님 (hyeongnim, “older sibling”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "eonni",
"tags": [
"romanization"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "언니 • (eonni)",
"name": "ko-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Korean",
"lang_code": "ko",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "older sister of a male",
"roman": "nuna",
"word": "누나"
},
{
"english": "older brother of a male",
"roman": "hyeong",
"word": "형"
},
{
"english": "younger sibling",
"roman": "dongsaeng",
"word": "동생"
},
{
"english": "older brother of a female",
"roman": "oppa",
"word": "오빠"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: 오빠 (oppa)"
}
],
"glosses": [
"older sister of a female"
],
"links": [
[
"older sister",
"older sister"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "엉가"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Korean terms with usage examples",
"Korean women's speech terms"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Do you go to university? I'm still a middle schooler […]",
"ref": "언니는 대학교 다녀요? 저는 아직 중학생인데[…]",
"text": "eonni-neun daehakgyo danyeoyo? jeo-neun ajik junghaksaeng'inde[…]",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"somewhat older female"
],
"links": [
[
"somewhat",
"somewhat"
],
[
"older",
"older"
],
[
"female",
"female"
]
],
"qualifier": "women's speech",
"raw_glosses": [
"(women's speech, in informal friendly settings) somewhat older female"
],
"raw_tags": [
"in informal friendly settings"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "엉가"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Korean dated terms"
],
"glosses": [
"elder brother of a male"
],
"links": [
[
"elder brother",
"elder brother"
],
[
"male",
"male"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(dated) elder brother of a male [until 1980s]"
],
"tags": [
"dated"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"ko:South Korean idol fandom"
],
"glosses": [
"unnie (older female member of an idol group)"
],
"links": [
[
"South Korean",
"South Korean"
],
[
"idol",
"idol"
],
[
"fandom",
"fandom"
],
[
"unnie",
"unnie"
],
[
"older",
"older#English"
],
[
"idol",
"idol#English"
],
[
"group",
"group#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "South Korean idol fandom",
"raw_glosses": [
"(South Korean idol fandom) unnie (older female member of an idol group)"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ʌ̹nni]",
"tags": [
"SK-Standard",
"Seoul"
]
},
{
"hangeul": "언니"
},
{
"other": "[언니]"
}
],
"word": "언니"
}
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