운애

Korean

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 雲靉 (“thick with cloud”). Compare Chinese 靉靆 (MC 'ojH dojH).

    Pronunciation

    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?unae
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?un'ae
    McCune–Reischauer?unae
    Yale Romanization?wun.ay
    • South Gyeongsang (Busan) pitch accent: 운애의 / 운애에 / 운애까지

      Syllables in red take high pitch. This word always takes high pitch only on the second syllable, except before consonant-initial multisyllabic suffixes, when it takes full low pitch.

    Noun

    운애 • (unae) (hanja 雲靉)

    1. (literary or Gyeongsang, Jeolla dialect) mist, fog
      Synonym: (Standard Korean) 안개 (an'gae)

    Usage notes

    • The dialectal word is spelled 우네 (une) in Standard Korean Language Dictionary, but the relevant regions generally merge ㅐ (ae) into ㅔ (e), so it seems more likely that it is the same as the literary word, only spelled more phonetically.
    • The Dictionary of Southern Gyeongsang Varieties claims that the etymology of the dialectal word is from 雲崖 (“cloud-veiled cliff”), but this seems semantically far-fetched and is not further explained.

    Further reading

    • 경남 방언 사전 [gyeongnam bang'eon sajeon, Dictionary of southern Gyeongsang varieties], volume II, South Gyeongsang Provincial Government, 2017, page 75
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