-이여

Korean Pronunciation Etymology 1 From ko okm - -이〮여〮 -í-yé, from ko oko 亦 *-ye, oko 也 *-ye. Note that there is no Old or Middle Korean evidence that the first syllable is supposed to be the copula ko -이다; the honorific form ko -이시여, which would suggest such an origin, is first attested only in the twentieth century.ko:'이여'와 '이시여'의 문법적 지위와 차이 The grammatical status and differences of -iye and -isiye ko:이성우 2016 Gugeohak 77 167—197 Particle particle ko literary O; vocative particle with exclamatory nuances, attaching to nouns and nominalized verbs. ko ^서울-이여 안녕! Goodbye, O, Seoul! ko 영원-해라, 나-의 이 행복-이여. May it be everlasting, o this happiness of mine. Alternative forms ko -여 after vowels Derived terms ko -이시여 Etymology 2 From ko okm - -이〮여〮 -í-yé. Particle particle ko Chungcheong Jeolla and; connective particle for enumerating nouns. ko -이랑 Standard Seoul Alternative forms ko -여 obligatory after vowels, optional after consonants ko -이야 -야 variant References