형아

Korean

Etymology

형(兄) (hyeong, “older same-sex sibling”) +‎ 아 (-a, vocative particle).

Korean colloquial family terms commonly stem from a fused vocative. See Category:Korean words suffixed with 아 (vocative).

Pronunciation
Revised Romanization? hyeong-a
Revised Romanization (translit.)? hyeong-a
McCune–Reischauer? hyŏnga
Yale Romanization? hyeng.a

Noun

형아 • (hyeong-a)

  1. (childish) older brother of a boy
    Synonym: 형 (hyeong)
  2. (childish, dated) older sister of a girl
    Synonym: 언니 (eonni)
  • 엉가 (eongga, “older sister of a woman”, dialectal)
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