ᄉᆞ

Jeju

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 四.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɒ/, [sɔ]

Numeral

ᄉᆞ (saw)

  1. four
    Synonym: 늿 (nuit)

Middle Korean

Etymology 1

There are no uncontroversial attestations in Old Korean.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʌ/ (underlying pitch unclear)

Dependent noun

ᄉᆞ (so) (kwukyel 士) (chiefly after the verbal irrealis suffix 으ᇙ (-ulq))

  1. what to […] , something to […] , something that will […]
    Synonym: ᄃᆞ (to, “something”)
  2. how to […] , ability to […]
    Synonym: 줄 (cwul, “ability”)
Descendants
  • ⇒ Korean: 을세 (-eulse)
  • ⇒ Korean: 을세라 (-eulsera)
  • ⇒ Korean: 을수록 (-eulsurok)
  • ⇒ Korean: 을시 (-eulsi)
  • ⇒ Korean: 을시고 (-eulsigo)
  • ⇒ Korean: 을쏜가 (-eulsson'ga)
  • ⇒ Korean: 을쏘냐 (-eulssonya)

Etymology 2

From Middle Chinese 四 (MC sijH).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sʌ̀/

Numeral

ᄉᆞ (sò) (hanja 四)

  1. (Sino-Korean numeral) four
    Synonym: 넿〯 (něyh, native numeral)
Descendants
  • Korean: 사 (sa)
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