해녀

Jeju

Alternative forms

• 헤녀 (henyeo)

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 海女. Cognate to Korean 해녀 (haenyeo)

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽hænjə⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [hæɲjə] ~ [heɲjə]
• Phonetic hangul: [해녀/헤녀]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	haenyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	haenyeo
Yale Romanization?	haynye

Noun

해녀 (haenyeo)

1. a female diver

   Synonyms: ᄌᆞᆷ녜 (jawmnye), ᄌᆞᆷ수 (jawmsu)

Derived terms

• 해녀 놀레 (haenyeo nolle)
• 해녀질 (haenyeojil)

References

• “해녀” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.
• 제주 문화 예술 재단 [jeju munhwa yesul jaedan] (2009) “해녀”, in 개정 증보 제주어 사전 [gaejeong jeungbo jejueo sajeon]‎^[1], 제주 특별 자치도 [jeju teukbyeol jachido], →ISBN, page 876

Korean

Etymology

Sino-Korean word from 海女

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ˈhɛ(ː)ɲʌ̹] ~ [ˈhe̞(ː)ɲʌ̹]
• Phonetic hangul: [해(ː)녀/헤(ː)녀]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	haenyeo
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	haenyeo
McCune–Reischauer?	haenyŏ
Yale Romanization?	hāynye

Noun

해녀 • (haenyeo) (hanja 海女)

1. a female diver