소나이

Jeju

Alternative forms
  • ᄉᆞ나이 (sawnai)
  • 사나의 (sanaui)

Etymology

Cognate with Korean 사나이 (sanai).

Pronunciation
  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽sonai⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [sʰona̠i]
  • Phonetic hangul: [소나이]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sonai
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sonai
Yale Romanization?swonai

Noun

소나이 (sonai)

  1. man (adult male human)
    Synonym: 남ᄌᆞ (namjaw)
  2. husband
    Synonym: 남펜 (nampen)

Synonyms

References
  • “소나이” in Jeju Dialect Dictionary, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.
  • “소나이” in Andrew Cheng; K. David Harrison, Jeju-eo Talking Dictionary, Living Tongues Institute for Endangered Languages, 2014.
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