새

Etymology 1
the rising pitch implying an earlier bisyllabic form *saCi, which is reflected in 🇨🇬 and, and dialectal.

Compare also 🇨🇬.

Noun



 * 1) bird

Etymology 2
Originally in Middle Korean, in addition to being a determiner, the term also functioned as a noun meaning "something new". However, that is no longer the case in Modern Korean, and its remnant—albeit less transparent to the modern speaker—survives in certain constructions such as.

Determiner

 * 1) new, novel; fresh

Etymology 3
Regular contraction from.

Noun



 * : the true grasses
 * 1)  silvergrass
 * 2) straw thatch used for roofing
 * 1)  silvergrass
 * 2) straw thatch used for roofing

Etymology 5
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Etymology 6
Ultimately from. Presumably a borrowing from central Korean into the local dialect rather than the traditional dialectal form, which would be.

Etymology 7
Not attested in the Middle Korean corpus, wherein the Sino-Korean term had seemingly already replaced any native counterpart in the central dialect.

Noun

 * 1)  east

Usage notes
Supposedly used in, and by certain sailors.

Etymology 8
See the main entries.

Etymology 9
Korean reading of various Chinese characters.

Noun

 * 1) bird

Noun

 * 1) something new

Adverb

 * 1) newly

Determiner

 * 1) new