무사

Jeju

Etymology

Unknown; compare Korean 무슨 (museun, “what”).

Pronunciation
  • (Morphophonemic) IPA(key): ⫽musa⫽
  • (Jeju City) IPA(key): [musʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [무사]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?musa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?musa
Yale Romanization?musa

Adverb

무사 (musa)

  1. why
    Synonym: 웨 (we)

References
  • “무사” in Jeju's culture and language, Digital museum.

Korean

Etymology 1

Sino-Korean word from 武士.

Pronunciation
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [ˈmu(ː)sʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [무(ː)사]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?musa
Revised Romanization (translit.)?musa
McCune–Reischauer?musa
Yale Romanization?mūsa

Noun

무사 • (musa) (hanja 武士)

  1. warrior
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 無事, from 無 (“nothing, no-, non-”) + 事 (“matter; event”).

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

Noun

무사 • (musa) (hanja 無事)

  1. being safe, being without mishap (accident); peace, safety
    Synonym: 무고(無故) (mugo)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Sino-Korean word from 無死.

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

Noun

무사 • (musa) (hanja 無死)

  1. (baseball) no outs; no player from the batting side has been removed during the current inning
    Synonym: 노아웃 (noaut)
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