-여

Etymology 1
From, as in.

It is believed that at an ancient stage, the stem of was actually *ᄒᆡ- (Yale: *hoy-). At that stage, the infinitive of the stem would have regularly been. However, this older infinitive was retained even when the stem was monophthongized in other contexts, producing the irregular allomorph of the infinitive suffix.

Usage notes

 * In less formal language, is always contracted to.
 * Because the intimate style is never formal by definition, can never replace  in such contexts.
 * For the second sense, i- and y-stem verbs include stems ending in, , , , , and.

Etymology 2
From, , from ,. See the main entry for more.

Etymology 3
See the main entry.

Etymology 4
See the main entry.

Etymology 5
Sino-Korean suffixes; see the main entries.