ᄲᅧ

Middle Korean

Etymology

From a reconstructed Old Korean form *sùpyé. It was pointed that several names for body parts in Old Korean were affixed with ㅅ-: ᄭᅩ리〮 (*sokwo(l/r)i), ᄲᅡᆷ (*su/so-pam), ᄲᅳᆯ〮 (*sèpúl). A theory propose origin of Middle Korean ㅿ from earlier *ń. Loss of *-ń- gives *-y- and thus *sùpyé can be further compared to Proto Japanese *pənay.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /spjə́/

Noun

ᄲᅧ〮 (spyé)

  1. bone

Descendants
  • Jeju: 뻬 (ppe)
  • Korean: 뼈 (ppyeo)
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