-으나

Korean

Alternative forms

  • -나 (-na) — after vowels and ㄹ (l)

Etymology

From Middle Korean -으〮나〮/ᄋᆞ〮나〮 (Yale: -óná/úná), from Old Korean 乃 (*-na), 隱乃 (*-una).

Pronunciation

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?euna
Revised Romanization (translit.)?euna
McCune–Reischauer?ŭna
Yale Romanization?una

Suffix

-으나 • (-euna)

  1. (formal) but
    광주·전남지역은 곳에 따라 구름이 많이 끼겠으나 대체로 맑겠습니다.
    Gwangju·Jeonnamjiyeog-eun gos-e ttara gureum-i mani kkigesseuna daechero malgetseumnida.
    Gwangju and Jeonnam region will be partly cloudy, but mostly clear.
  2. Used as an emphatic interfix between certain reduplicated adjectival stems.
    높으나 높다 ― nopeuna nopda ― to be very high
    기나길다 ― ginagilda ― to be very long

Suffix

-으나... 으나 • (-euna... -euna)

  1. regardless, whether or not
    Synonym: -든... 든 (-deun... -deun)
    있으나 없으나 별 차이가 없다.
    isseuna eopseuna byeol chai-ga eopda.
    There's little difference whether you have it or not.
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