-사

See also: 사

Korean

Etymology 1

From Old Korean 沙 (*-sa). Preserves the lost sibilant initial, cf. Middle Korean ᅀᅡ〮 (Yale: -zá).

Pronunciation

• (Busan) IPA^(key): [sʰa~sa]

Particle

사 • (-sa)

1. Gyeongsang, Hamgyong, Yukjin, and Jeolla dialect form of 야 (-ya, idiomatic emphatic particle).
   • 1982 August 8, 고상락 [gosangnak], “통두란과 이성계 [tongduran'gwa iseonggye]”, in 한국구비문학대계 [han'gukgubimunhakdaegye]‎^[1], 전라북도 옥구군 대야면 (현 군산시 대야면) [jeollabukdo okgugun daeyamyeon (hyeon gunsansi daeyamyeon)]:

     점드락 기달르고 있었는디 인자사 늦게 왔냐?

     Jeomdeurak gidalleugo iss-eon-neundi injasa neutge wan-nya?

     I've been waiting here all day long but now you come late?

Etymology 2

From Middle Korean 샤〮 (Yale: sy-á).

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [사]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	sa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	sa
McCune–Reischauer?	sa
Yale Romanization?	sa

Suffix

사 • (-sa)

1. Post-vocalic and liquid allomorphic form of 으사 (-eusa).

   夫(부)子(자)ㅣ 溫(온)良(량)恭(공)儉(검)讓(양)하사 […]

   Bujae ollyanggonggyeomyang-hasa […]

   For the Master was humane, upright, courteous, temperate, and complaisant […]

   (from a traditional cantillation of the Analects)

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean suffixes; see the main entries.

Suffix

사 • (-sa)

1. See the entry at 사(社) (sa, “company”).
2. See the entry at 사(史) (sa, “history”).