거야

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 去 (“last”) + 夜 (“night”)

    Pronunciation

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈkɘ(ː)ja̠]
    • Phonetic hangul: [거(ː)야]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?geoya
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?geoya
    McCune–Reischauer?kŏya
    Yale Romanization?kē.ya

    Noun

    거야 • (geoya) (hanja 去夜)

    1. last night, yesterday evening

    Synonyms

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