-야요

Korean

Etymology

Related to 에요 (-eyo), 어요 (-eoyo).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ja̠jo]
• Phonetic hangul: [야요]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	yayo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	yayo
McCune–Reischauer?	yayo
Yale Romanization?	ya.yo

Suffix

야요 • (-yayo)

1. (Pyongan, Hwanghae, Western Gangwon, particularly northern Seoul) Dialectal form of 예요 (-yeyo, “suffix used after the copulas 이다 (ida) and 아니다 (anida)”).
   • 1980 February 17, “평남 베짜기 놀이 [pyeongnam bejjagi nori]”, in 동아방송 DBS [dong'abangsong DBS]‎^[1], 평안남도 남포시 [pyeong'annamdo namposi]:

     자, 싱싱한 새우젓이야요.

     Ja, singsinghan sae'ujeosiyayo.

     behold, here is fresh saeu-jeot.

   • 1995, Park Wan-Suh, 그 산이 정말 거기 었었을까 [Geu sani jeongmal geogi eosseosseulkka, Was that Mountain Really There?]:

     우리도 피난민이야요, 어듸메서 오셨시니까?

     Uri-do pinanminiyayo, eoduime-seo osyeot-sinikka?

     We're refugees as well, where did you come from?

     Gyeonggi dialect, Kaesong

   • 2011 March 18, 조옥희 [jookhui], “도깨비가 만들어 준 만년보 [dokkaebiga mandeureo jun mannyeonbo]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[2], 강원도 철원군 서면 [gang'wondo cheorwon'gun seomyeon]:

     그래 그게 도깨비가 한 말이야요, 그게.

     Geurae geuge dokkaebi-ga han mariyayo, geuge.

     So that's is what the goblin had said.