소나기

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Bullyu dugongbu si eonhae (分類杜工部詩諺解 / 분류두공부시언해), 1481, as Middle Korean 쇠나기〮 (Yale: swòynàkí).

A conjunction of 쇠 (swoy, “very, suddenly, large”, adverb) +‎ 나 (na-, “to exit”) +‎ 기 (-ki).

Pronunciation
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?sonagi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?sonagi
McCune–Reischauer?sonagi
Yale Romanization?sonaki

Noun

소나기 • (sonagi)

  1. shower (rain that rains heavily for a short amount of time)
  2. (Hamgyong, Yukjin) thunder
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