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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