오늘

Korean

Alternative forms
  • 오ᄂᆞᆯ (oneul) — Early Modern

Etymology

First attested in the Jīlín lèishì (鷄林類事 / 계림유사), 1103, as Late Old Korean 烏捺 (Yale: *wonol), from 온〮 (Yale: wón, “which has come”, adnominal form of "to come") + Proto-Koreanic *hoL (“day”), etymologically "day that has come".[1] Cognate with Jeju 오널 (oneol).

In the Hangul script, first attested in the Seokbo sangjeol (釋譜詳節 / 석보상절), 1447, as Middle Korean 오ᄂᆞᆯ〮 (Yale: wònól).

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [o̞nɯɭ]
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  • Phonetic hangul: [오늘]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?oneul
Revised Romanization (translit.)?oneul
McCune–Reischauer?onŭl
Yale Romanization?onul

Noun

오늘 • (oneul)

  1. today; this day
    오늘은 4(사)월 3(삼)일입니다.
    oneur-eun 4(sa)wol 3(sam)ir-imnida.
    Today is April the third.
    오늘 밤에 영화 보러 가는 게 어때?
    oneul bam-e yeonghwa boreo ganeun ge eottae?
    Let's go to the movies tonight, what do you say?

Adverb

오늘 • (oneul)

  1. today
    오늘 뭐 했어요?
    oneul mwo haesseoyo?
    What did you do today?

See also
  • Other days near today: 그제 (geuje, “the day before yesterday”), 어제 (eoje, “yesterday”), 오늘 (oneul, “today”), 내일 (naeil, “tomorrow”), 모레 (more, “the day after tomorrow”), 글피 (geulpi, “two days after tomorrow”)

References
  1. 이동석 (Yi Dong-seok) (2016) “날짜 어휘의 형태론적 분석 [naljja eohwiui hyeongtaeronjeok bunseok, A morphological analysis of the 'number of day' words]”, in Gugeosa yeon'gu, volume 22, →DOI, pages 171—198
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