-을쏘냐

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean 으〮리〮로〮소〮녀〮 (-úlílwóswónyé), through Early Modern Korean 로소냐 (-lwoswonya​), ㄹ소냐 (-lswonya). Ultimately a combination of Middle Korean suffixes 으〮리〮 (-úlí-, irrealis suffx) + 롯〮 (-lwós-, emotive suffix) + ᄋᆞ녀 (-onye, yes/no question suffix).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?eulssonya
Revised Romanization (translit.)?eul'ssonya
McCune–Reischauer?ŭlssonya
Yale Romanization?ul.ssonya

Suffix

을쏘냐 • (-eulssonya)

  1. (a terminating ending indicating a strong negation, usually in the form of a question, i.e., "how can this be?" and/or in place of 해라 (haera))
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