해녀

Jeju

Alternative forms
  • 헤녀 (henyeo)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 海女. Cognate to Korean 해녀 (haenyeo)

Pronunciation
  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽hænjə⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [hæɲjə] ~ [heɲjə]
  • Phonetic hangul: [해녀/헤녀]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haenyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haenyeo
Yale Romanization?haynye

Noun

해녀 (haenyeo)

  1. a female diver
    Synonyms: ᄌᆞᆷ녜 (jawmnye), ᄌᆞᆷ수 (jawmsu)

Derived terms
  • 해녀 놀레 (haenyeo nolle)
  • 해녀질 (haenyeojil)

References
  • “해녀” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
  • 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009) “해녀”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎, 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 876

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 海女

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ɲʌ̹] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ɲʌ̹]
  • Phonetic hangul: [해(ː)녀/헤(ː)녀]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?haenyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?haenyeo
McCune–Reischauer?haenyŏ
Yale Romanization?hāynye

Noun

해녀 • (haenyeo) (hanja 海女)

  1. a female diver
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