"-우" meaning in Korean

See -우 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [u] [SK-Standard, Seoul] Forms: -u [alternative]
Etymology: See -소 (-so) for more. Head templates: {{ko-suffix}} -우 • (-u)
  1. (Standard Korean) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix). Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--우-ko-suffix-wuHZE77C Categories (other): Korean entries with incorrect language header, Korean terms with redundant script codes, Korean terms with redundant transliterations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Korean entries with incorrect language header: 58 42 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant script codes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Korean terms with redundant transliterations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 84 16
  2. (Pyongan) The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -소
    Sense id: en--우-ko-suffix-lM-6JEqg Categories (other): Pyongan Korean
{
  "etymology_text": "See -소 (-so) for more.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-u",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-우 • (-u)",
      "name": "ko-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "63 37",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "67 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "78 22",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Mr Park! Are you not going to evacuate? Let's go.",
          "ref": "1997, 서울 토박이말 연구 [seoul tobagimal yeon'gu, Study of the Dialect of Seoul Natives], volume I, National Institute of Korean Language, →ISBN, page 260:",
          "roman": "seoul tobagimal yeon'gu",
          "text": "박서방! 피란 안 가우? 갑시다.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix)."
      ],
      "id": "en--우-ko-suffix-wuHZE77C",
      "links": [
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel"
        ],
        [
          "ㄹ",
          "ㄹ#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "allomorph",
          "allomorph"
        ],
        [
          "-으우",
          "-으우#Korean"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Standard Korean",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Standard Korean) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pyongan Korean",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix."
      ],
      "id": "en--우-ko-suffix-lM-6JEqg",
      "links": [
        [
          "semi-formal style",
          "w:Korean speech levels#Hao-che"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Pyongan) The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-소"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-우"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Korean entries with incorrect language header",
    "Korean lemmas",
    "Korean suffixes",
    "Korean terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Korean terms with redundant script codes",
    "Korean terms with redundant transliterations",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See -소 (-so) for more.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-u",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "-우 • (-u)",
      "name": "ko-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Korean",
  "lang_code": "ko",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Korean terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Mr Park! Are you not going to evacuate? Let's go.",
          "ref": "1997, 서울 토박이말 연구 [seoul tobagimal yeon'gu, Study of the Dialect of Seoul Natives], volume I, National Institute of Korean Language, →ISBN, page 260:",
          "roman": "seoul tobagimal yeon'gu",
          "text": "박서방! 피란 안 가우? 갑시다.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vowel",
          "vowel"
        ],
        [
          "ㄹ",
          "ㄹ#Korean"
        ],
        [
          "allomorph",
          "allomorph"
        ],
        [
          "-으우",
          "-으우#Korean"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "Standard Korean",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Standard Korean) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pyongan Korean"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "semi-formal style",
          "w:Korean speech levels#Hao-che"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Pyongan) The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "-소"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[u]",
      "tags": [
        "SK-Standard",
        "Seoul"
      ]
    },
    {
      "hangeul": "우"
    },
    {
      "other": "[우]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-우"
}

Download raw JSONL data for -우 meaning in Korean (1.8kB)

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Pyongan",
  "path": [
    "-우"
  ],
  "section": "Korean",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-우",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: Pyongan",
  "path": [
    "-우"
  ],
  "section": "Korean",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-우",
  "trace": ""
}

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