"위" meaning in Middle Korean

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Interjection

IPA: /ǔj/ Forms: wǔy [romanization]
Etymology: Probably imitative. Compare English oi, Japanese おい (oi). Etymology templates: {{cog|en|oi}} English oi, {{cog|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|おい}} おい (oi) Head templates: {{head|okm|interjection|Idu script|爲|or|偉|tr=wǔy}} 위 (wǔy) (Idu script 爲 or 偉)
  1. An interjection which appears in certain poems. Wikipedia link: Idu script
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      "args": {
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        "2": "-"
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      "expansion": "Japanese",
      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "おい (oi)",
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  "etymology_text": "Probably imitative. Compare English oi, Japanese おい (oi).",
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        "4": "爲",
        "5": "or",
        "6": "偉",
        "tr": "wǔy"
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      "expansion": "위 (wǔy) (Idu script 爲 or 偉)",
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    }
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  "lang": "Middle Korean",
  "lang_code": "okm",
  "pos": "intj",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          ],
          "english": "O, it does not exist [anywhere else] between the four seas under Heaven!",
          "ref": "1330, 안축/安軸 [An Chuk], 關東別曲/관동별곡 [Gwandong byeolgok, Song of the Lands East of the Pass]:",
          "roman": "Gwandong byeolgok",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "爲",
              "위〯"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "ᄉᆞ〯"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "ᄒᆡ〯"
            ],
            [
              "天",
              "텬"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "하〯"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "업〯"
            ],
            [
              "豆",
              "두〮"
            ],
            [
              "舍叱",
              "샷"
            ],
            [
              "多",
              "다〮"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "爲 四海 天下 無豆舍叱多",
          "translation": "O, it does not exist [anywhere else] between the four seas under Heaven!",
          "type": "quotation"
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            [
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              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My father is my parent, too\nwuy tengtetwungsyeng\nBut there is none to love me like my mother does.",
          "ref": "16th century [14th century?], “[思母曲/사모곡] [Jeongseok-ga]”, in 樂章歌詞/악장가사 [Akjang gasa]:",
          "roman": "Jeongseok-ga",
          "text": "아바님도 어이어신 마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ\n위 덩더둥셩\n어마님 ᄀᆞ티 괴시리 업세라",
          "translation": "My father is my parent, too\nwuy tengtetwungsyeng\nBut there is none to love me like my mother does.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "An interjection which appears in certain poems."
      ],
      "id": "en-위-okm-intj-3aNDTCfC",
      "wikipedia": [
        "Idu script"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ǔj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "위"
}
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        "2": "oi"
      },
      "expansion": "English oi",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Japanese",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "おい"
      },
      "expansion": "おい (oi)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably imitative. Compare English oi, Japanese おい (oi).",
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    {
      "form": "wǔy",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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        "Middle Korean terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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        {
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            ]
          ],
          "english": "O, it does not exist [anywhere else] between the four seas under Heaven!",
          "ref": "1330, 안축/安軸 [An Chuk], 關東別曲/관동별곡 [Gwandong byeolgok, Song of the Lands East of the Pass]:",
          "roman": "Gwandong byeolgok",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "爲",
              "위〯"
            ],
            [
              "四",
              "ᄉᆞ〯"
            ],
            [
              "海",
              "ᄒᆡ〯"
            ],
            [
              "天",
              "텬"
            ],
            [
              "下",
              "하〯"
            ],
            [
              "無",
              "업〯"
            ],
            [
              "豆",
              "두〮"
            ],
            [
              "舍叱",
              "샷"
            ],
            [
              "多",
              "다〮"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "爲 四海 天下 無豆舍叱多",
          "translation": "O, it does not exist [anywhere else] between the four seas under Heaven!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
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            [
              17,
              18
            ]
          ],
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            [
              28,
              31
            ]
          ],
          "english": "My father is my parent, too\nwuy tengtetwungsyeng\nBut there is none to love me like my mother does.",
          "ref": "16th century [14th century?], “[思母曲/사모곡] [Jeongseok-ga]”, in 樂章歌詞/악장가사 [Akjang gasa]:",
          "roman": "Jeongseok-ga",
          "text": "아바님도 어이어신 마ᄅᆞᄂᆞᆫ\n위 덩더둥셩\n어마님 ᄀᆞ티 괴시리 업세라",
          "translation": "My father is my parent, too\nwuy tengtetwungsyeng\nBut there is none to love me like my mother does.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An interjection which appears in certain poems."
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Idu script"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ǔj/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "위"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 위 meaning in Middle Korean (2.3kB)

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: Idu script 爲 or 偉",
  "path": [
    "위"
  ],
  "section": "Middle Korean",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "위",
  "trace": ""
}

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