한아비

Korean

Etymology

First attested as Late Old Korean 漢丫秘 in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사)[1], 1103.

First attested in the Yongbi eocheon'ga (龍飛御天歌 / 용비어천가), 1447, as Middle Korean 하〮나비〮. Also attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 한〮아비〮.

Likely a doublet of 할아비 (harabi).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?hanabi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?han'abi
McCune–Reischauer?hanabi
Yale Romanization?han.api

Noun

한아비 • (hanabi)

  1. (North Korea or obsolete) grandfather

Middle Korean

Etymology

From 하〮- (há-, to be big) +‎ -ㄴ (-n, realis adnominal suffix) +‎ 아비〮 (àpí, father).

하〮다〮 (hátá) belongs to tone class H!, meaning that its realis adnominal form is generally expected to be (han, hàn), not 한〮 (hán). However, this high tone is consistent with some other compounds, see e.g. 한〮숨〯 (hánswǔm, sigh, literally big breath).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽hánàpí⫽

Noun

한〮아비〮 (hánàpí)

  1. grandfather
    Synonym: 한〮아바〮님〯 (hánàpánǐm)

Alternative forms

Descendants

  • Jeju: 하르비 (hareubi), >? 하르방 (hareubang)
  • Korean: 한아비 (hanabi), 할아비 (harabi), >? 할아버지 (harabeoji)