열흘

Jeju

Etymology

From Middle Korean 열흘 (yelhul), the second morpheme from Proto-Koreanic *hoL (“day”). Cognate with Korean 열흘 (yeolheul).

Pronunciation

  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽jəlhɨl⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [jəɾɦɨɭ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [열흘]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeolheul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeolheul
Yale Romanization?yel.hul

Noun

열흘 (yeolheul)

  1. ten days

Korean

Etymology

First attested in the Worin seokbo (月印釋譜 / 월인석보), 1459, as Middle Korean 열흘 (Yale: yelhul), the second morpheme from Proto-Koreanic *hoL (“day”). Cognate with Jeju 열흘 (yeolheul).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?yeolheul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?yeolheul
McCune–Reischauer?yŏrhŭl
Yale Romanization?yel.hul

Noun

열흘 • (yeolheul)

  1. ten days
  2. (dated, rare) tenth day of the month

Synonyms

See also

Korean words for the number of days
one day two days three days four days five days six days seven days eight days nine days ten days fifteen days
하루 (haru) 이틀 (iteul) 사흘 (saheul) 나흘 (naheul) 닷새 (datsae) 엿새 (yeotsae) 이레 (ire) 여드레 (yeodeure) 아흐레 (aheure) (yeolheul) 보름 (boreum)
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