홀-

See also: 홀

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean ᄒᆞ올 (Yale: howol), from unattested earlier *ᄒᆞᄫᆞᆯ (Yale: *howol), preserved in ᄒᆞᄫᆞᅀᅡ (Yale: hoWoza, “by oneself; alone”).

In Middle Korean, this was a noun meaning "being alone; being single"; the noun use survives in fossilized form in 홀로 (hollo, “alone; by oneself”), which incorporates the noun particle 로 (-ro, “by, with”), but is otherwise obsolete.

Pronunciation

(SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ɸʷo̞ɭ]
Phonetic hangul: [홀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization^?	hol
Revised Romanization (translit.)^?	hol
McCune–Reischauer^?	hol
Yale Romanization^?	hol

Prefix

홀 • (hol-)

single

Derived terms

홀몸 (holmom, “single (person)”)
홀수 (holsu, “odd number”)
홀씨 (holssi, “spore”)
홀아비 (horabi, “widower”)
홀어미 (horeomi, “widow”)

Related terms

혼자 (honja)
홀로 (hollo)

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