쇠-

See also: 쇠

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Korean ᄉᆈ〯 (Yale: sywǒy).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈsʰwe̞(ː)] ~ [ˈsʰø̞(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [쉐(ː)/쇠(ː)]
    • Though still prescriptive in Standard Korean, the great majority of speakers (in both Koreas) no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?soe-
Revised Romanization (translit.)?soe
McCune–Reischauer?soe
Yale Romanization?sōy

Prefix

쇠 • (soe-)

  1. Contraction of 소의 (so-ui, “of a cow”).
    ‎쇠 (soe-) + ‎쇠 (soe, “of a cow”) + ‎고기 (gogi, “meat”) → ‎쇠고기 (soegogi, “beef”, literally “meat of a cow”)

Usage notes
  • Nowadays, South Koreans tend to directly use 소 (so, “cow”) attributively instead of 쇠 (soe-), e.g. 소고기 (sogogi) and not prescriptive 쇠고기 (soegogi). Such usage was originally dialectal but has become increasingly popular.

Derived terms
Korean words prefixed with 쇠-
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