널
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| 너넉넊넋넌넍넎 넏널넑넒넓넔넕 넖넗넘넙넚넛넜 넝넞넟넠넡넢넣 | |
| 냬 ← | → 네 |
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Korean
Etymology 1
First attested in the Hunminjeong'eum haerye (訓民正音解例 / 훈민정음해례), 1446, as Middle Korean 널〯 (Yale: něl).
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [nɘ(ː)ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [널(ː)]
- Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | neol |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | neol |
| McCune–Reischauer? | nŏl |
| Yale Romanization? | nēl |
Noun
널 • (neol)
- panel, board, plank
- Synonym: 널빤지 (neolppanji)
- seesaw, teeter-totter : a structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down
- Synonym: 널판 (neolpan)
- coffin, casket
- Synonym: 관(棺) (gwan)
Derived terms
- 널다리 (neoldari, “wooden footbridge”)
- 널뛰기 (neolttwigi, “Korean acrobatic seesawing, or makeshift jumping on the plank”)
- 널뛰다 (neolttwida, “to play the Korean traditional seesaw”, literally “to jump on the plank”)
- 널판(板) (neolpan)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [nʌ̹ɭ]
- Phonetic hangul: [널]
| Romanizations | |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization? | neol |
| Revised Romanization (translit.)? | neol |
| McCune–Reischauer? | nŏl |
| Yale Romanization? | nel |
Pronoun
널 • (neol)
- (colloquial) alternative form of 너를 (neo-reul, “you”, in the accusative case)
Etymology 3
Verb
널 • (neol)
- future determiner of 널다 (neolda)