-우

See also: 우 and -우-

Korean

Etymology

See -소 (-so) for more.

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?u
Revised Romanization (translit.)?u
McCune–Reischauer?u
Yale Romanization?wu

Suffix

-우 • (-u)

  1. (Standard Korean) Post-vowel and post-ㄹ (l) allomorphic form of -으우 (-euu, semi-formal style sentence-final suffix)
    • 1997, 서울 토박이말 연구 [seoul tobagimal yeon'gu, Study of the Dialect of Seoul Natives], volume I, National Institute of Korean Language, →ISBN, page 260:
      박서방! 피란 안 가우? 갑시다. (Seoul)
      Bakseobang! piran an gau? gapsida.
      Mr Park! Are you not going to evacuate? Let's go.
  2. (Pyongan) The primary semi-formal style sentence-final suffix.
    Synonym: (Standard Korean) -소 (-so)

Middle Korean

Etymology

From Old Korean 乎 (*-wo, adverb-deriving suffix).

Pronunciation

Harmonic pair
Yin-form 우 (-wu)
Yang-form -오 (-wo)

Suffix

-우 (-wu)

  1. An adverb-deriving suffix attached to verb and adjective stems.
    Synonyms: -이 (-i), -게 (-key)
    ᄌᆞᆽ ᄌᆞ조〮 ― còc- > còcwó ― to be frequent > frequently
    돌〯 도로 ― twǒl- > twòlwò ― to turn > again
    넘〯 너무 ― něm- > nèmwù ― to surpass > exceedingly, excessively
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