사이시옷

Korean

Alternative forms

  • 사이시읏 (saisieut) (North Korea)

Etymology

사이 (sai, “interval”) +‎ 시옷 (siot, Korean letter)

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠iɕʰio̞t̚]
  • Phonetic hangul: [사이시옫]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?saisiot
Revised Romanization (translit.)?saisios
McCune–Reischauer?saisiot
Yale Romanization?saisios

Noun

사이시옷 • (saisiot)

  1. (linguistics) a Korean morpheme found in many compound words; synonym of 사잇소리 (saitsori)
  2. (linguistics) in South Korean orthography, the Korean letter -ㅅ- (-s-) when used to write this morpheme
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