해녀

Jeju

Alternative forms

  • 헤녀 (henyeo)

Etymology

    Sino-Korean word from 海女. Cognate to Korean 해녀 (haenyeo)

    Pronunciation

    • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽hænjə⫽
    • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [hæɲjə] ~ [heɲjə]
    • Phonetic hangul: [해녀/헤녀]
    Romanizations
    Revised Romanization?haenyeo
    Revised Romanization (translit.)?haenyeo
    Yale Romanization?haynye

    Noun

    해녀 (haenyeo)

    1. a female diver
      Synonyms: ᄌᆞᆷ녜 (jawmnye), ᄌᆞᆷ수 (jawmsu)

    Derived terms

    • 해녀 놀레 (haenyeo nolle)
    • 해녀질 (haenyeojil)

    References

    • “해녀” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
    • 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009), “해녀”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 876

    Korean

    Etymology

      Sino-Korean word from 海女

      Pronunciation

      • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ɲʌ̹] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ɲʌ̹]
      • Phonetic hangul: [해(ː)녀/헤(ː)녀]
        • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
      Romanizations
      Revised Romanization?haenyeo
      Revised Romanization (translit.)?haenyeo
      McCune–Reischauer?haenyŏ
      Yale Romanization?hāynye

      Noun

      해녀 • (haenyeo) (hanja 海女)

      1. a female diver
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