올히

Jeju

Pronunciation

• (Morphophonemic) IPA^(key): ⫽olhi⫽
• (Jeju City) IPA^(key): [oɾʝi]
• Phonetic hangul: [올히]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	olhi
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	olhi
Yale Romanization?	wol.hi

Etymology 1

From Middle Korean 올ᄒᆡ〮 (wòlhóy), equivalent to 옳 (Yale: wòlh, “this year”) + ᄋᆡ〮 (Yale: -óy, locative particle mistakenly reanalyzed as part of the noun). Cognate with Korean 올해 (olhae).

Alternative forms

• 올리 (olli)

Noun

올히 (orhi)

1. the current year; this year

Etymology 2

Akin to Korean 오리 (ori).

Noun

올히 (orhi)

1. duck

Middle Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ól.hì/

Noun

올〮히 (wólhì)

1. duck (in general), duck (domesticated)

Descendants

• Jeju: 올히 (olhi)
• Korean: 오리 (ori)