-단이

Korean Etymology From ko 단 이 meaning unclear noun suffix noun suffix. Suffix suffix ko Jindo Island _ Jeolla A derivational suffix for girls, also common in pet names for children or nicknames between friends. ko -심이 another Jindo girls' pet name suffix -니 girls' pet name suffix in Sinan County Sinan Jeolla dialect ko -바 Jindo suffix for boys ko 삐꿀-단이 a girl who is always upset ko 싸낙-단이 a girl who has a temper ko 꼬시락-단이 a girl with curly hair ko ^시-단이 pet name for a third daughter ko ^대-단이 pet name for the daughter of a woman from a village beginning with Dae- Usage notes The vocative is ko 단-아, implying that ko -이 is a fused suffix. The suffix was traditionally also frequently used in the Hanja form 단 丹 as the second character of women's actual legal personal names. When used in (nick)names, the first element is either the order of birth or the hometown of the mother. Alternative forms ko -다니 alternative spelling Further reading ko:전경수 ko:진도 사람들의 이름에 적용된 '-바'와 '-다니'에 관한 민속지적 보고 An ethnographic report on -ba and -dani applied to Jindo people's names Han'guk Munhwa Illyuhak 2006 39 1 141—158 ko:박경래, 곽충구, 이기갑, 김정대 ko:새로 발굴한 방언(14) Newly discovered dialectal forms (14) Bang'eonhak 2015 21 227—272