-의

See also:

Jeju

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate to Korean -의 (-ui)

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽ɰi⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [ɰi]
  • Phonetic hangul: []
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?-ui
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ui
Yale Romanization?uy

Particle

-의 (-ui)

  1. genitive case marker

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean -의〮 (Yale: -úy), from Old Korean (*-uy).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?ui/e
Revised Romanization (translit.)?ui/e
McCune–Reischauer?ŭi/e
Yale Romanization?uy/ey

Particle

-의 • (-ui)

  1. ’s. genitive case marker, indicating that the previous word has possession of the next one. It functions like the English suffix “-’s”, or like the word “of” with the position of possessor and possessee switched.
    한국 수도 서울이다.Han'gug-ui sudo-neun Seour-ida.Korea's capital is Seoul.
    na-ui chaekmy book
    • 1961, “1:1”, in 개역한글판 요나:
      여호와 말씀이 아밋대 아들 요나에게 임하니라 이르시되
      yeohowaui malsseumi amitdaeui adeul yona'ege imhanira ireusidoe
      The God approached, then told Jonah, a son of Amittai: (In KJV, Jonah 1:1 was translated as "Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying,")

Usage notes

  • The common pronunciation of this particle is (e). This pronunciation is recognised as standard alongside the orthographic pronunciation ui, which is only used in articulated speech to avoid confusion.

See also

  • Japanese: (no)
  • Chinese: (de), (zhī)