아사

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 餓死, from 餓 (“hungry”) + 死 (“death”).

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈa̠(ː)sʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [아(ː)사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?asa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?asa
McCune–Reischauer?asa
Yale Romanization?āsa

Noun

아사 • (asa) (hanja 餓死)

  1. death from starvation

Derived terms

  • 아사하다 (餓死—, asahada, “to die of starvation”)
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